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FLAME-COLOURED WARBLER. 



Length five inches : the upper mandible of the 

 beak black; the lower flesh-coloured: the head 

 and throat are black: the upper parts of the body, 

 wings, and tail, are olive-green : the rump is 

 orange, and the upper tail-coverts are yellow: 

 the supercilia are yellow, and join a line of that 

 colour that passes down the sides of the neck, and 

 separates the black of the head and throat from 

 the colour on the lower part of the neck, which is 

 fine orange : from thence to the vent yellow : legs 

 dusky: the quills are tipped with brown. In- 

 habits Guiana and Brasil. 



FLAME-COLOURED WARBLER. 



( Sylvia flammea.) 



Sy. supra Jlammea suhtus grisea, alls caudaque nigns. 

 Warbler above flame-colour, beneath grey, with the wings and 

 tail black. 



Sylvia flammea. Lath. Ind. Orn, Sup. hi, 15. 

 Motacilla flammea. Muse, Carls, 4. pi, Q8, 

 Flame-colom-ed Warbler. Lath, St/n, Sup, II, 251. 41. 



This splendid species is a native of Java, where 

 it is found among the palm trees : it is the size of 

 a Wren : the head, neck, and back, are of a most 

 beautiful pale orange, or flame-colour : the beak, 

 irides, legs, wings, and tail, are black : the belly 

 is pale grey : the tongue is ciliated at the tip. 



