SYLVIADJE. 



white spot at their base : all the under parts of the 

 plumage are ashy-blue, tinged with whitish towards 

 the vent : the lower tail-coverts are chesnut red, and 

 form a distinguishing character; the beak and legs 

 are black. 



Sp. II. Sy ? Blackburnia. Steph. v, x. jo. 627. — Sylvia lateralis. 



Steph. V. X. p. 659. — North America. 

 iSp. 12. Sy.? coronata. Steph. v. x.p. 636. — North America. 

 Sp. 13. Sy} Sialis. Steph. v. x.p. 663.— North America. 



\ GENUS CV.— MELIZOPHILUS, Leach. SONG-BIRD. 



Rostrum debile, gracillimum. Beak weak, very slender. 



Orbitce nudas. Orbits naked. 



Alee breves. Wings short. 



Cauda subelongata cunei- Tail elongated, wedged, 

 formis. 



The species of this genus inhabit damp, marshy, 



and barren places ; and flirt their tails after the 

 manner of the Wagtails. 



Sp. 1. Me. Dartfordiensis. 



Sylvia Dartfordiensis. Steph, v. x. p. 717. pL 56. — Sylvia 

 Provincialis. Temm. Man. d*Orn. 2 Edit. i. 21 1. — Britain and 

 Europe. 



Sp. 2. Me? subalpinus. — Sylvia subalpina. Temm. Man. d'Orn, 

 2 Edit. i. 214.— Tmrw. PI. Col 6./. 2.; 251./ 2, 3.— Sub- 

 alpine Warbler. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. vii. p. 87. 



Me ? cinereO'plumbeus, mento, guld, pectore hypochondriisque v/- 

 naceo-riifis ; ventris medio albido; rostri baso Jasciaque gulari 

 albis. 



Ashy-lead coloured Song-bird with the chin, throat, breast, and 

 irides vinaceous-red ; the middle of the belly whitish ; the base 

 of the beak and fascia on the throat white. 



