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HANG-NEST WARBLER. 



(Sylvia Calidris.) 



Sy. suprafiisco-m-escens, subtus flam, li?iea oculari subocularique 

 nigra. 



Warbler above brown-green, beneath fulvous, with a black line 



through the eyes and another beneath, 

 Sylvia Calidris. Lath. Ind. Orn, 1. 543. 134. 

 Motacilla Calidris. Lin. Syst. Nat, 1. 329. 2. — Gmel, Syst, 



Nat. 1. 950. 2. 

 Ficedula jamaicensis major. Briss. Orn. Sup. 10\. 

 Grand Figuier de la Jamaique. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 320. 

 American Nightingale. Edtvards, Birds. 121. fl. 2. 

 Hang-nest Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 297. 129. 



The upper mandible of the beak of this bird is 

 dusky; the under pale flesh-colour: the upper 

 parts of its plumage are greenish brown; the rump 

 palest : the wing-coverts are edged with yellowish, 

 and the quills are rufous on the inner webs : 

 through and beneath the eyes a dusky line : the 

 sides of the head and under parts of the body 

 dirty orange : the tail greenish brown, all but the 

 two middle feathers rufous within, and the tips 

 pale green-brown: legs dusky. Inhabits Jamaica, 



