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CRESTED WARBLER. 



and sides, whitish and grey, mixed: belly yel- 

 lowish white ; and the middle tail-feathers tinged 

 with yellow. 



CRESTED WARBLER. 

 ■( Sylvia cristata. ) 



Sy. supra Juscescente viridis, subtiis mrescente grisea , capitis criita 



nigricante fusca, margine alba. 

 Warbler above brown-green, beneath green-grey, with a dusky 



brown crest on the head, margined with white. 

 Sylvia cristata. Lath. Ind, Orn, 2. 541. 125. 

 Motacilla cristata. GmeL Syst, Nat, 1. 972. 

 Figuier huppee de Cayenne. Bvf, Hist. Nat. Ois, 5, 314.— 



Bicf. PI. Enl. 391./ 1. 

 Crested Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 493. 20. 



The Crested Warbler is in length four inches : 

 its beak is dusky brown : the upper parts of its 

 plumage are greenish brown ; the under greenish 

 grey : the feathers on the top of the head are 

 blackish brown, edged with white, are much elon- 

 gated, and may be elevated at pleasure, and form 

 a crest: legs yellowish brown. This frequents 

 the open parts of Guiana : it feeds on insects. 



