BANANA WARBLER. 



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Sylvia bananivora. Lath, hid, Orn, 2. 544. 13/. 

 Motacilla bananivora. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 951. 

 Bananiote. Buff. Hist, Nat. Ois, 5, 332. 

 , Banana Warbler. Lath, Gen. Syn, A, 498. 132. 



Said to feed on the fruit of the banana tree, 

 and also on oranges and other fruits, as well as 

 seeds and insects : it is found in St. Domingo ; 

 length scarcely four inches : beak black : the 

 upper parts of the plumage very dark grey ; the 

 bend of the wings yellow: the wing-coverts brown, 

 with a white spot : eyebrows white : from the 

 beak, passing through the eyes to the hind head, 

 a black streak : throat greyish ash : breast, belly, 

 and rump, pale yellow : sides, thighs, and vent, 

 that colour, and grey mixed : tail grey brown, 

 tipped with white : legs cinereous. The nest of 

 this species is fixed on the low branches amongst 

 bananas. 



