N E V/ SOUTH WALES, 
Superb Warbler, Male. 
Birds, Order III. Pafferine, 
Genus XLI. Warbler, 
Species 137.- 
A new variety. 
"The length of this beautiful fpccies is five inches 
and a half : the bill black : the feathers of the head 
are long, and fland ere6l like a full crefl: ; frcm the fore- 
head to the crown tliey are of a bright blue ; from 
thence to the nape, black like velvet : through the eyes 
from the bill, a line of black; beneath the eye fprings 
a tuft of the fame blue feathers; beneath thefe and on 
the chin, it is of a deep blue almofi: black, and feeling- 
like velvet: on the ears is another patch of blue, and 
acrofs the back part of the head a band of the fame, (in 
fome fpecimens, the patches of blue under the eye and 
on the ear unite together, and join with the band at the 
nape, as in the plate the whole giving the head a greater ' 
appearance of bulk than is natural : the hind part of 
the neck and upper parts of the body and tail, deep blue: 
black ; the under, pure white : wings, dulky ; fliafts of. 
the quills chefnut : the tail, two inches and a quarter; 
long, and cuneiform ; the two outer feathers very fliort : 
legs dufky brown : claws black." 
Latham's Syncpfis, vol, iv. p. 501*.. 
* Latham's Synopfis, vol. iv. p!. 53^ ' 
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