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ORANGE-HEADED WARBLER. 



(Sylvia chrysocephala.) 



Sy. spadicea suhtus alba^ cajpite colloque aurantiis, Jascia supra 

 hifraque ociilos Jusca, tectricihus alarum albis nigrisque, rec- 

 tricihus nigris, margine Jlaxiescentibus. 



Chesnut-coloured Warbler, beneath white, with the head and 

 neck orange; a brown stripe above and another beneath the 

 eye ; the wing-coverts black and white ; the tail-feathers 

 black, edged with yellowish. 



Sylvia chrysocephala. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 541. 124. 



Motacilla chrysocephala. G^neL Syst, Nat. 1. 971. 



Figuier orange. Buff. Hist, Nat, Ois. 5. 313, 



Figuier etranger. Buff. PI, Enl, 5Q.f> 3. 



Orange-headed Warbler. Lath. Gen. Stjn. 4. 492. II9. 



The Orange-headed Warbler is of very rare 

 occurrence, and is a native of Guiana : its beak is 

 black : the top and sides of the head, the front, 

 and sides of the neck, orange : the eyebrows 

 brown : the upper part of the body and the quills 

 reddish brown : wing-coverts varied with black 

 and white : beneath the eye a pale brown streak : 

 breast and belly pale yellow: tail black, edged 

 with yellow : legs yellow. 



