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ROCK WARBLER. 
(PL XVI.) 
LENGTH 
Five inches ; bill three-eighths and black; eye red-brown: lashes grey; forehead, 
crown, hind head, neck, back, shoulders, rump, and tail-coverts brownish grey; wings 
brown chin white, with brown spots; cheek brown; throat dull orange; breast, 
belly, and vent, chesnut ; tail black, a little forked ; thighs light brown ; legs and 
claws the same. 
INHABITS 
Rocks ; frequents caverns inaccessible to mankind, and deep rocky gullies, creeping 
in the cavities and chasms. This is a shy and wary bird. Its note is sharp and shrill. 
Does not migrate. 
