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ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 
Sylvicola aureola. Gould. 
Plate XXVIII. 
> S. supra Jlavescenti olivacea ; fronte cerviceque nitide Jlavis, singulis plumis ad apicem 
rufescenti castaneis ; occipite griseo ; alis cauddque nigrescentibus , late Jlavo-margi- 
natis ; genis guttureque nitidh Jlavis ; pectore concolori sed singulis plumis in medio 
pallidb castaneo notatis ; abdomine albescenti. 
Long. tot. 5 unc. ; rostri , ; aloe , 2 t 2 > caudoe , 2-^- ; tarsi , i-J. 
The nape of the neck, back and tail-coverts yellowish olive ; the wings and tail 
blackish, broadly margined with yellow ; the front and crown yellow, with 
the tips of the feathers reddish castaneous ; the hind head grey mixed with 
yellow, the cheeks and the throat bright yellow ; the breast of the same 
colour, but each feather is marked down the middle with pale reddish casta- 
neous, the sides and middle of the abdomen whitish. 
Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. {September). 
This bird is not uncommon on these islands. It has the habits of our Sylviae. 
It frequents the thickets in the lower, dry and rocky parts of the island, and 
especially a peculiar bush, with thick foliage, which grows only near the sea- 
coast. 
Cyanotis omnicolor. Swains. 
Regulus omnicolor, Vieill. Gal.pl. 166. 
Sylvia rubrigastra, Vieill. 
Regulus Byronensis, Gray , Griff. An. King. pi. 
Tachuris omnicolor, I)' Orb. fy Lafr. 
Tachuris roi, Azara , No. 161. 
My specimens were obtained at Maldonado in June, and therefore probably 
it is not a bird of passage. It frequented reeds on the borders of a lake, but 
was exceedingly rare. I likewise saw one in Northern Patagonia, and in a 
collection of birds at Santiago, in Chile, made there by an inhabitant of the 
place. The soles of the feet of this exquisitely beautiful little bird are bright 
orange. 
