AMERICAN NIGHTINGALE-. 
It appears to be the Motacilla-Callidris, 
Linnseus and Gme'lin; the Sylvia Callidris, 
I-Iang-Nest Warbler, of Latham ; and the Fl 
cedilla Jamaicensis, or Great Fig-Eater of Jj^ 
maica, of Brisson, and of BufFoii. 
The description which Edwards gives 4 
this bird is as follows — 
" As I have," says he, been very precis 
in figuring the bill, I need only say, that th 
upper mandible is of a dusky or blackish cc 
lour, and the under one of a flesh colour: tl 
nostrils are placed close to the feathers of tl 
forehead. The top of the head, upper s'ldi 
the neck, the back, and the upper sides of tl 
Vi'ings and tail, are of a dark greenish-brov 
colour ; though the rump, and borders of t 
wiog-featliers, are more of a yellowish greej 
The under side, from bill to tail, is of a dii 
orange-colour. The inner covert-feathers 
the wings, and the inner webs of the quill at 
tail feathers, are of the same orange-coloi 
From above the angles of the mouth, tW 
passes a dusky line through each eve; ai 
from beneath the anG;les of the mcuth, th< 
