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MOTACI LL A., 
rufous; the under parts of the body pale yellow; Tides 
of the head almoft white ; tail marked as the quills; bill 
and legs clufky. 
f?. M. rufigaftra, the rufous-bellied warbler : olive- 
brown, beneath yellowifh rufous; quill and tail-feathers 
brown. Inhabits Senegal; three inches and three quar¬ 
ters long. Made by Dr. Turton a diftinft Ipecies. The 
tail is Ihorter. 
151. Motacilla undata, the undated' warbler : length 
four inches: bill black; upper parts of the head, neck, 
back, and wing coverts, black, edged with rufous ; rump 
deep rufous ; under parts white ; quills brown ; tail the 
fame, edged with rufous white; legs dulky. 
152. Motacilla fufcata, the dulky warbler: length fix 
inches: bill (lender and dulky; upper parts of the plu¬ 
mage brown ; the under grey, with a reddflh tinge on 
the Tides; quills and tail darker than the reft; legs 
yellow. 
153. Motacilla fubflava, the flaxen warbler ; length four 
inches three quarters: bill dulky; colour of the body 
moftly brown, but paler on the rump; tail cuneiform ; 
Tides of the body lightly tinged with red. Native of 
Senegal. 
154. Motacilla aurocapilla, the golden-headed warbler: 
five inches three quarters long: general call of the plu¬ 
mage bright olive; beneath white; crown of the head 
rich gold-colour; eyebrows black; breaft fpotted with 
black ; bill brown, flefli-colour at the bafe ; temples white ; 
legs yellowifh brown ; eggs white, fpotted with brown. 
Inhabits North America, and in wintermigrates loutherly. 
155. Motacilla petechia, the red-headed warbler: fize 
of the black cap : bill black 5 crown of the head red ; 
upper parts of the body olive green ; the under bright 
yellow, fpotted with red on the breaft and belly; wings 
and tail dufky, edged with yellow ; legs dulky. The 
female differs only in being paler in colour. Thefe are 
migratory birds, but folitary. They arrive in Pennfyl- 
vania in March, but do not build there: they frequent 
low fhrubs ; feldom perch on trees; and feed on infefls. 
156. Motacilla albicollis, the white-necked warbler: 
five inches in length: bill horn-colour; upper parts of 
the body olive-green ; Tides of the head, and all beneath, 
pale yellow ; fore part of the neck and breaft yellowifh 
white, marked with longitudinal reddifh fpots ; quills 
and tail brown, edged with greenifh yellow ; the fide tail- 
feathers yellowifh on the inner webs ; legs grey brown. 
The female is greenifh afh-colour, inftead of olive, on the 
hind part of the neck. Inhabits St. Domingo. 
157. Motacilla Ludoviciana, the Louifianian warbler: 
fize bigger than a wren : bill brown ; beneath grey ; up¬ 
per parts of the plumage olive-green; fore part of the 
neck and breaft fine yellow, fpotted with red ; reft of the 
under parts yellowifh white; acrofs tire wing two bands 
of white ; quills blackifh brown, edged with blue grey ; 
the inner webs white ; the outfide tail-feathers are white 
within at the tips, and the third has a round white fpot 
at the fame place ; legs cinereous. The female wants the 
red fpots on the breaft. Found in Louifiana, and at St. 
Domingo. 
158. Motacilla chloroleuca, the green and white war¬ 
bler : length four inches and a half: bill horn-colour; 
head cinereous, mixed with olive ; upper parts of the 
body olive green ; the under yellowifh white; greater 
wing-coverts and quills brown, edged with yellowifh 
green; tail deep olive, marked with yellow; legs grey 
brown. The female differs only in being paler in colour. 
Inhabits St. Domingo. 
139. Motacilla auricollis, the orange-throated war¬ 
bler: length five inches: the upper mandible brown; 
the lower wliitifh ; upper parts of the plumage olive green, 
inclining to afh-colour on the rump ; throat, fore part of 
the neck, and breaft, orange ; belly pale yellow ; vent and 
thighs almoft white; the greater wing-coverts afh-colour; 
quills brown, edged with afh-colour; the two middle 
tail-feathers are of this laft colour; the others black on 
the outfide and tips, and white on the infide ; legs grey. 
The female has the orange on the breaft lei's lively. In¬ 
habits Canada. 
160. Motacilla maculofa, the black-fpotted warbler: 
fize of the pettichaps : bill brown ; top of the head and 
fides alh-colour; hind part of the neck and back olive 
green, fpotted with black ; throat, breaft, and rump, fine 
yellow, with oblong black fpots on the breaft ; belly and 
vent white ; acrofs the wing-coverts two bars of white ; 
quills deep afh, edged with white ; tail-feathers black, 
with a white fpot on the middle of the inner webs ; leg's 
brown. Inhabits Pennfylvania. 
161. Motacilla fufeefeens, the brown warbler: length 
five inches : bill brown ; plumage on the upper parts pale 
brown; beneath, varied with blackifh and rufous grey, 
not unlike a lark, except the throat, which is plain dull 
browm, and through the eyes a ftreak of the fame colour ; 
quills and tail pale brown. Native of Jamaica. 
162. Motacilla tigrina, the fpotted warbler ; fize of the 
preceding: bill dufky; the feathers on the upper parts 
are brown, with olive green margins ; behind each eye a 
large rufous fpot; under parts, fides, and rump, yellowifh, 
marked with irregular blackifh fpots on the neck and 
breaft; the lower part of the belly, thighs, and under tail- 
coverts, dirty yellowifh white ; acrofs the greater wing- 
coverts a band of white ; quills and tail fringed with 
olive green ; legs brown. 
There is a variety of this bird, which differs in the 
plumage being paler: the under parts are wliitifh, and the 
breaft is fpotted with brown ; the white‘band is likewife 
wanting on the wing-coverts. The firft inhabits Canada, 
the other St. Domingo ; but, as they have both been caught 
011-board (hips between thefe places, it is probable that 
they migrate alternately from one to the other. 
163. Motacilla pinus, the pine warbler : olive, beneath 
yellow ; lores black ; wings blue with two white bands. 
Tail (lightly forked. Female wholly brown. Inhabits 
Carolina in fummer; four inches and a half long. 
164. Motacilla virens, the green warbler : length near 
five inches : bill black ; plumage on the upper parts olive 
green ; fides of the head and neck bright yellow ; throat, 
and fore part of the neck, black; upper part of the breaft 
yellow; lower part, belly, and vent, white; Tides black 
and white ; leffer wing-coverts olive ; middle and greater 
ones nearell the body deep afh-colour, tipped with white, 
making two bands acrofs. the wing ; outer coverts and 
quills afh-colour; tail deep afh-colour; legs brown. In¬ 
habits Pennfylvania, where it comes about the month of 
April; but fcarcely flops there, being only on its way to 
the more northward parts: and returns back in Septem¬ 
ber. It feeds on infeCls. 
165. Motacilla dumetorum, the vvhite-breafted warbler: 
general colour of the upper parts of the body cinereous 
brown; head bluifh; throat and breaft white. Inhabits 
Ruflia. 
166. Motacilla cinnamomea, the cinnamon warbler : 
plumage of the upper parts moftly hoary; throat black ; 
breaft, belly, and rump, crimfon ; quills black ; the four 
firft red at the bale, forming a red fpot in that part; tail 
black ; the four middle feathers obliquely rufous on the 
fides. Native of the ifland of Ceylon. 
167. Motacilla nigriroftris, the black-jawed warbler: 
length feven inches: bill black, and pale at the bafe; 
plumage abovepolive brown; from the bafe of the bill to 
the eye, rufous yellow ; on each fide of the jaw is a re¬ 
markable black ftreak; breaft rufous, dallied perpendicu¬ 
larly with blackifh ; belly white; the fides dallied with 
dufky black ; wing-coverts dark olive brown, with red¬ 
difh white tips ; quills darker, witli yellowiflredges; tail- 
feathers pointed at the ends; outer feather white; the 
end of the fecond white ; the reft brown ; legs pale brown. 
In the collection of fir Jofeph Banks. 
168. Motacillalutefeens, the buff-faced warbler: length 
fix inches: bill dulky ; forehead and chin dufky buff-co¬ 
lour ; on the ears a patch of dufky red ; upper parts of 
the 
