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RUFOUS-TAILED WARBLER. 



distinguished from the former by having the mid- 

 dle tail-feathers of the same colour as the rest of 

 the body, and from the latter by the same parts 

 not being orange : it is about five inches and a 

 half in length : its beak and feet are black. 



It inhabits North America, from Georgia to 

 Hudson's Bay : it is migratory, arriving at the 

 latter place in April, and retiring to the south in 

 the autumn. 



RUFOUS-TAILED WARBLER. 



(Sylvia ruficauda.) 



Sy. Jusca subtus alba, dorsi colore in rufum vergente, tectricibus 

 alarum caudaque rujis, gida alba^fusco maculata, pectore dilute 

 fusco. 



Brown Warbler, beneath white, with the back inclining to rufous ; 



the wing-coverts and tail rufous ; the throat white, spotted 



with brown ; the breast pale brown. 

 Sylvia ruficauda. Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. SlQ. 37- 

 Motacilla ruficauda. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 959. 

 Fauvette de Cayenne ^ queue rousse. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 



163. 



Rufous-tailed Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 439. 33, 



Inhabits Cayenne : it is five inches and a 

 quarter in length : the upper parts of the plumage 

 are brown, with the back inclining to rufous : the 

 quills are edged with rufous: the wing-coverts 

 and tail are entirely of that colour : the throat is 



