APPENDIX 
SUPERB WARBLERS. 
MOTACILLA SUPERBA. 
MotacUla nigray remtgibus fufcis, abdomine albo,fronte genifque ccertilets. 
Black Warbler, with the long feathers of the wings brown j the belly 
white ; the forehead and cheeks blue. 
This beautiful fpecies is generally found in the ftate de- 
fcribed in the fpecific character ; hut it appears to be fubjedt 
to great variety, two of which are exhibited; the lower and 
largefl: fpecimen having not only more blue on the head than 
ufual, but alfo a patch of brilliant blue on each iide the back, 
and a mark of reddifh brown or orange near the fhoulders. 
The upper fpecimen is confiderably lefs than that beneath, 
and has ftill more blue upon the head ; the beak and legs 
fmaller in proportion, darker in colour, and the latter al- 
mofl: black. The head is crowned with a fmall creft of 
bright azure ; the cheek, and upper part of the back and 
Vikings, are of the fame colour ; the lower parts of each brown. 
The outer feathers of the wing whitifli, near the fhoulder 
marked with brown. The head, neck, and breaft deep 
black ; abdomen white, faintly tinged with duil^y. Tail 
black, highly cuneated. In this bird the blue is mofl: lucid, 
compofed of fhort, fliff feathers, refembling fifh-fcales, with 
fhining furfaces ; but it has not the beautiful fcapulary 
of prifmatic violet-colour, found in the other. Legs, feet, 
and claws black, and extremely flender. 
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