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LONG-LEGGED WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia longipes.) 



Sy. dilute viridis, suhtus cinerea, arcu infra oculari alho, Jronte, 

 temporibuSf genisy collique lateribus cinereis, crisso virescenie, 

 Cauda brevissima. 



Pale-green Warbler, beneath cinereous ; with an arch beneath 

 the eyes white ; the forehead, temples, cheeks, and sides of 

 the neck, ash-coloured ; the vent greenish ; the tail very 

 short. 



Sylvia longipes. Lath, Lid, Orn. 2. 529. ^T"* 

 Motacilla longipes. Gmel, Syst, Nat, 1. 979. 

 Long-legged Warbler, Lath, Gen. Syn, 4. 465. 74.— ZaM. Syn, 

 Sup, 181. 74. 



Described by Dr. Latham from a drawing of 

 Sir Joseph Banks's : " Length four inches and a 

 half: beak three quarters of an inch, straight, 

 black : irides blueish ash-colour : upper parts of 

 the body, wings, and tail, of an elegant pale 

 green : forehead, sides of the head, under the eye, 

 and sides of the neck, ash-xolour : above the eye 

 a semicircular white mark : the under parts are 

 very pale ash-colour : thighs and vent greenish : 

 tail not longer than in the Citrine Warbler : legs 

 above one inch long, and flesh-coloured : toes and 

 claws rather stout. This inhabits Dusky Bay, 

 New Zealand, and is named there E Teetee tee 

 poifiom,'* It varies in being brownish instead of 

 green. 



