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THORN-TAILED WARBLER* 



Inhabits Spain : its beak is somewhat curved at 

 the tip : its plumage is greenish brown above, 

 and ferruginous beneath : the fore-part of the 

 neck and the breast are fulvous. 



thorn-tailed warbler. 



(Sylvia spinicauda.) 



Sy. spadicettf suhtus alha, vertice Jtam-maculato^Jacie swpBrciliis- 

 que Jlavis, cauda cuneiforma, rectricibus apice nudis subulatis. 



Chesnut VS^arbler, beneath white ; with the crown spotted with 

 yellow ; the face and eyebrows yellow ; the tail wedge-shaped, 

 its feathers at the tip naked and awl-shaped. 



Sylvia spinicauda. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 528. 74. 



Motacilla spinicauda. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 978. 



Thorn-tailed Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 463. 7i.pl. 52. 



A VERY singular species, described and figured 

 by Dr. Latham; who informs us that it is the 

 " size of a Sparrow : length (the appendage of the 

 tail included) more than six inches: beak three 

 quarters of an inch, straight, except the very tip : 

 base of the under mandible white : the head and 

 upper part of the body dusky reddish brown, 

 mottled with yellow on the crown : between the 

 beak and eye yellow, passing in a streak over the 

 eye to the hind head, where it is rufous : the 

 wing-coverts are rufous, mixed with brown, ex- 

 cept the shoulder, which is white : the under 

 parts of the body, from chin to vent, are white 



