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RED-BELLIED WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia Velia.) 



Sy. nigra viridi-cceruleo mria, ventre Julvo, uropygio mridi-aureo. 

 Black Warbler, varied with green-blue, with the belly fulvous, 



and rump golden green. 

 Sylvia Velia. Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 546. 146. 

 Motacilla Velia. Lin, Syst, Nat. 1. 336. 41.— G^mt?^. Syst, Nat, 



1.991. 



Sylvia surinamensis caerulea. Briss. Orn» 3. 536. 73« 

 Pitpit varie. Buff. Hist, Nat. Ois. 5. 341. 

 Pitpit bleu de Surinam. Buf. PI. Enl, Q6g.f. 3. 

 Red-bellied Blue-bird. Edwards, Birds, 1. pi, 22. 

 Red-bellied Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 504. 141. 



Beak lead-colour ; the under mandible whitish: 

 the upper parts of the head, neck, and back, are 

 black, variegated with blue-green ; the greater 

 wing-coverts, quills, and tail, are black, bordered 

 with blue : the rump is of a golden green : the 

 throat is violet, as is the fore-part of the neck, 

 but the latter is varied with brown : the rest of 

 the under parts is rufous : legs ash-coloured : it 

 varies in having the forehead golden green; and 

 also in having the belly and rump reddish. It is 

 a native of Surinam and other parts of South 

 America : it is greatly esteemed as food, and is 

 considered as fine as the Ortolan. 



V. X. p. II. 



