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whin chat, to which it bears Tome refemblance: head and 
neck, black ; edges of the feathers^ pale ; back, and bafe 
of the wings, black, the laft margined with grey; fides of 
the neck, and all beneath, white; throat deep ferrugi¬ 
nous ; wings brown ; on the coverts an oblique patch of 
yellowifti white; tail black; the rump, and bafe part of 
the tail, white. The female, and young birds, have the 
head grey, clouded with brown; back not unlike that of 
a woodcock; the reft of the body more obfolete. This 
fpecies inhabits Ruflia, and frequents the birch-trees 
which are fcattered in the woods of Ural, and in the fields 
planted with them between the rivers Tobol and Jrtilch, 
flying by pairs. Feeds on infefls, and makes its neft 
in the holes of trees made by the mice, and other fmall 
quadrupeds. 
j 3 . There is a variety of this bird with the plumage 
above rufous brown; beneath rufous white; chin and 
belly white; over each eye a rufous ltreak; quills black, 
with pale edges; the bafe half of the tail white; from 
thence to the tip black, except the two middle feathers, 
which are wholly black. This was met with among the 
ice between Afia and America. 
119. Motacilla fuperciliofa, the yellow-browed warbler: 
above greenifli: beneath pale-coloured ; on the crown of 
the head a pale ftreak 5 over the eye a ftripe of yellow. Na¬ 
tive of Ruflia. 
120. Motacilla ferruginea, the ferruginous warbler: 
above cinereous: beneath whitifh; throat and neck fer¬ 
ruginous. Inhabits Ruflia, chiefly about the Tungufka 
river. 
121. Motacilla cyanura, the blue-tailed warbler: fize 
of the redbreaft: upper parts cinereous yellow, tinged 
with green; rump bluifh; under parts, yellowifti white; 
fides ofthebreaft, near the wings, orange; tail brown, 
edged outwardly with pale blue, and, when folded up, 
appears wholly blue; wings brown; the outer margins of 
the quills greenifli yellow. This fpecies is met with in 
the woods which grow about the rivulets of the fouthern 
parts of the Jenifei, and from thence throughout the 
whole of the eaftern part of Siberia; always at the begin¬ 
ning of winter. 
122. Motacilla aurorea, the aurora warbler: fize of the 
redftart: crown of the head, and nape, hoary ; forehead 
■jvhitilh ; throat, and fore part of the neck, black; back 
and wings the fame, marked with a triangular lpot of 
white; the under parts of the body deep tawny, or au¬ 
rora-colour; tail the fame, except the two middle fea¬ 
thers, which are black. Inhabits the neighbourhood of 
the river Selinga, in Siberia; and frequents the willow;. 
123. Motacilla ftriata, the ftriated warbler: crown 
black: cheeks white; upper part of the plumage afh-co- 
lour, ftreaked with black; coverts and primaries dulky; 
the firfl marked with two white bars; fecondaries edged 
with white; tail dulky ; at the end of the two outer fea¬ 
thers awhitefpot; throat white, flreaked on each fide 
with black; breaft and belly dirty white, ftreaked down¬ 
wards with black; legs whitilh. Found at New York 
and Newfoundland; at the latter place in the fununer- 
fieafon. 
124. Motacilla incana, the grey-poll warbler: head, 
fides of the neck, and upper tail-coverts, fine grey; wing- 
coverts eroded with two white bars; primaries and tail 
dulky, edged with grey; throat orange; chin and breaft 
fine yellow; belly whitilh alh-colour. Inhabits New York. 
125. Motacilla flavifrons, the yellow-fronted warbler: 
forehead and crown bright yellow: from the bill, palfing 
through the eye, a black band, bounded on each fide with 
white; chin, throat, and fore part of the neck, black; 
breaft and belly white; hind part of the neck, the back, 
rump, and letter wing-coverts, light bluifti grey; greater 
coverts, and lower order of the Idler, bright yellow, form¬ 
ing a large fpot; the primaries and tail deep alh-cojour; 
the webs of the outer feathers fpotted with white. Found 
in Pennlylvania. 
126. Motacilla Blackburnia, the Blackburnian warbler: 
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crown intenfely black, divided by a line of rich yellow; 
from the corner of the upper mandible another line of 
the fame ; through the eye a black one, reaching beyond 
it, bounded beneath by a narrow yellow line; fides of 
the neck, throat, and middle of the breaft, yellow ; fides, 
fpotted with blade; vent and thighs white ; fmaller wing- 
coverts black; the greater white; primaries dufky ; mid¬ 
dle tail-feathers dulky; the three outer ones on each fide 
white. Inhabits New York. 
127. Motacilla mitrata, the mitred warbler: fize of a 
■goldfinch: bill black; forepart of the head and throat, 
yellow; hind part of the head black, which colour p.ifles 
on each fide to the fore part of the neck, forming a col¬ 
lar; the upper parts of the body are olive green; the 
under yellow; legs brown. Native of Carolina. 
| 3 . Pennant’s citron flycatcher is a variety of this bird: 
the forehead and cheeks are of a fine yellow; the chin, 
and forepart of the neck, velvety black; from thence 
all the under parts are golden yellow'; the upper parts 
are greenifli; grey. This is found in Louifiana, and is a 
beautiful bird. 
128. Motacilla cucullata, the hooded warbler: greenifli, 
beneath yellow; front and cheeks black; tail wedged. 
Suppofed to be another variety of the mitrata. 
129. Motacilla Calliope, the chief of the warblers: fize 
of the redftart: plumage above, the colour of the night¬ 
ingale; beneath, yellowifh white; throat fine vermilion, 
bounded on each fide by a black and white ftreak, which 
takes rife at the bill; between the bill and eye black; 
over the eye a ftreak of white; tail rounded, and dulky 
brown. This bird inhabits the eaftern parts of Siberia; 
and was firft met with about the river Jenifei, perching 
moftly on the tops of the trees. It is an excellent finger, 
chiefly in the middle of the night, and little inferior to 
the nightingale. 
130. Motacilla littorea, the lliore-wrarbler: plumage 
above dulky green; beneath pale ochre; quill and tail- 
feathers blackilh. Inhabits the fliores of the Cafpian Sea; 
feeds on worms. 
131. Motacilla longiroftris, the long-billed warbler; 
cinereous, beneath dulky black; bill long. Inhabits 
mountains near the Cafpian Sea. 
132. Motacilla ochroura, the ochred warbler: head ci- 
nereous: neck above, and fore part of the back, dark 
ochre-colour; throat and breaft fhining black ; belly light 
yellow ochre. Inhabits the mountains of Perfia. 
133. Motacilla obfeura, the oblcure warbler: fize of 
the nightingale: upper feathers of the body cinereous at 
the bale, bay in the middle, and blackilh at the tips; be¬ 
neath cinereous; the quill and tail-feathers have the ou¬ 
ter edges bay; bill brown ; eyeiids nakedifli; crown and 
neck above brownilh alh; rump and vent varied with 
cinereous and white; legs black. Inhabits the aios of 
Perfia. 
134. Motacilla funamifica, the Perfian warbler: genera! 
call of the plumage reddilh alh: chin and throat black; 
breaft and belly pale rufous ; the feathers tipt with white; 
vent fnowy; middle tail-feathers brown, lateral ones 
tawny; bill and legs black; a white line from the bafe 
of the bill over the eyes, and reaching as far as the nape ; 
quill-feathers and wing-coverts at the outer edge and tips 
white. Inhabits the rocks and alps of Perfia. 
135. Motacilla murina, the murine warbler: fize of a 
fparrow : head and neck black ; body and wings moufe- 
coloured ; from the bill, and through the eye, pafles on 
each fide a white ftreak ; belly white, except the middle, 
which is black; tail black; the outer feather rather Ihort- 
eft, and fringed with white. 
136. Motacilla fpinieauda, the thorn-tailed warblers 
length more than fix inches: bill ftraight, except at the very 
tip; bafe of the under mandible white ; head, and upper 
part of the body, reddilh brown, mottled with yellow on 
the crown ; between the bill and eye, yellow, pafling in a 
ftreak over the eye to the hind head, where it is rufous ; 
the wing-coverts are rufous, mixed with brown, except 
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