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VARIEGATED WARBLER, 
(PL XV.) 
LENGTH 
Five inches and a half ; bill four-eighths and black ; eye black ; lashes the same ; 
forehead light blue; crown bluisli-hrown, edged with light blue, verging to a 
purple as it passes round the head ; cheeks light blue, forming a beard-like 
appearance on each side the face; chin, throat, neck, and breast, deep shining 
blue-black ; above the shoulder purple-blue ; shoulder bright chesnut; back purple- 
blue ; rump deep black ; tail-coverts light brown ; tail greenish grey and cuneiform, 
the outmost feather tipt white; wing brown; primary and secondary edged with 
light chesnut; greater wing-coverts the same; breast white ; belly and vent pale 
oker ; thighs grey ; legs and claws brown. 
FEMALE 
Bill red ; eye black ; lashes same ; from base of bill to eye red ; the whole upper 
part of body and wing grey-brown ; sides of head, cheeks, and neck, blue-grey ; 
belly and vent light oker ; thighs brown ; tail greenish grey ; legs brown. 
INHABITS 
Thick brushy woods; frequents the low bushes, creeping close to the ground in 
search of its food. This bird always goes in small flocks, among which it is 
remarkable that one male only is to be seen in full plumage, and they arrive not at 
that state till the third year. The male is a cheerful active bird, always singing 
on little elevated bushes it meets in its way. This species does not migrate. 
