896 



DARK WARBLER* 



(Sylvia magna.) 



Sy, Jusca, cervice dorsoque dilutiori^ suhtus riifescens, gula al- 

 bida, remigibus rectricibusque dimidiato-rufis, extimis extus 

 albis. 



Brown Warbler, with the top of the neck and back palest ; the 

 under parts rufescent ; the throat whitish ; the quills and tail- 

 feathers half red ; the outer web of the exterior tail-feather 

 white. 



S3'lvia magna. Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 525, 57 , 

 Motacilla magna. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 9(58. 

 Grand Traguet. Buff. Hist, Nat, Ois, 5, 232. 

 Dark Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 453. 53. 



Locality unknown : length seven inches and 

 a half : the head brown, varied with darker brown : 

 upper part of the neck and body pale brown: wing- 

 coverts and outer edge of the quills brown ; the 

 inner edge of the latter half brown, half rufous: 

 throat whitish, mixed with brown : breast of the 

 latter colour: under parts of the body pale rufous: 

 tail similar to the quills, with the outer web of the 

 exterior feathers white. 



