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male lays five or fix eggs, which are white fpotted with 
brown ; the male fits as well as the female. The female 
is fomewhat fmaller than the male; her brown colour is 
not fo dark, and her neck is not fpeckled. Inhabits the 
marfhes of the Auteniquois, and of the Verloore-Valey, 
or Loft Lake, in Africa. This pretty bird is delineated, 
in his favourite haunt, on the annexed Plate V. fig. x. 
189. Motacilla ifabella, the ifabella warbler. This has 
the fame manners and the fame haunts as the preceding, 
and might eafily be miftaken for the female of that fpecies. 
It has therefore been afTociated on the fame Engraving, at 
fig. 2. His fong is alfo nearly the fame; I mean (lays 
Vaillant) his love-fong when perched upon the reeds and 
inviting his female ; for his warbling is very different, 
conlifting of fome very foft flute-notes. Vaillant is the 
more exa< 5 t in defcribing this fpecies,fince his obfervations 
are not founded upon the examining of a Angle bird or a 
Angle pair, but upon the attentive comparil'on of more 
than thirty individuals. This fpecies is fomewhat fmaller 
than the preceding; the bill not fo long, and of a much 
lighter colour. The female refembles the male, except 
that Ihe is a trifle lefs. The colours are not fliining, yet 
fomething gayer than the laft. The upper furface is of 
a delicate light yellow-brown, or ifabella-colour; fome 
blackilh appears on the tips of the wing-quills behind. 
The throat, neck, breaft, and all the under furface, white 
ilightly tinged with rufous, which gives a yellowilh call. 
The neft is attached to four or five rulhes clofe together, 
which inclofe it; the eggs, five or fix in number, are en¬ 
tirely white. ' 
190. Motacilla pavo, the proud warbler. The wings 
of this fpecies are fo fmall and fo weak, that it can fcarce- 
ly fly at all; when at reft, they barely reach the rump ; of 
the fixteen quills they confift of, the two firft and three 
laft are almoft nugatory, being fo fhort and of fo delicate 
a texture. The bird therefore finds it very difficult to 
fuftain itfelf in the air; and it feldorn rifes much above- 
the reeds and fedge, in whofe tufts nature feems to have 
defigned it fhould remain ; when obliged to fly, which 
very feldorn happens, it is with no fmall difficulty that it 
heavily reaches a diftance of fifty or fixty feet, when it ra¬ 
ther drops down through laflitude than alights like other 
birds. To make amends, in fome fort, for the aukward 
ftrufture of the wings, nature has given it a very large 
broad tail : the tail-quills are ten in number, and amply 
feathered. In the love-feafon, the male fpreads out his 
tail, making it fall upon his back in a circle, like the pea¬ 
cock; this is accompanied with a foft melodious fong to 
invite the female. The colours of this fpecies, like the 
two laft, are not diftinguifhed by any brilliancy. The 
head, neck, mantle, wings, and tail, are of a dark dull 
brown; the under parts lighter. The upper mandible 
of the bill is black ; the lower yellowilh ; feet, nails, and 
eyes, brownifli. The female is fomewhat fmaller than 
the male; of a lighter brown ; on her throat and neck 
are fome brownifli lines on a lighter ground ; her tail is 
not fo large, that is, the barbs of the feathers are not fo 
full and thick. The number of eggs is not lefs than five, 
and probably of a white colour. They neftle among 
reeds in the marfhes about Biettenburg or Lagoa Bay ; 
and are found throughout the whole of the Auteniquois 
country. 
191. Motacilla fulicata, the footy warbler : fize of the 
ftonechat, with a longer tail : general colour more or lefs 
of a footy black; the under tail-coverts pale chefnut ; on 
the wihg-coverts is a long white mark; bill and legs 
brown. Found in the Philippine Iflands. 
192. Motacilla Cayana, the- Cayenne warbler: length 
four inches and three quarters: bill blackilh; forehead, 
fore-part of the back, wings, and tail, fine black ; reft of 
the plumage blue ; legs grey. 
There are two other varieties of this fpecies: / 3 . differs 
in having only the throat black, and the head wholly blue. 
This is the blue manakin of Edwards.— y. exadtly like 
the firft fpecies in the body, wings, and tail: but the head 
is of a plain pale blue-colour.—All tkefe are found at 
Guiana. 
193. Motacilla cyanocephala, the blue-headed warbler: 
fize of the preceding : bill brown; head and upper win 0 "- 
coverts blue; throat bluifh-grey; the reft of the body, 
with the greater coverts, bright green; quills brown, 
edged with green ; legs grey. Inhabits Cayenne. 
194.. Motacilla lineata, the lineated warbler: bill black : 
on the top of the head a longitudinal fpot of blue ; fore¬ 
head deep bright blue, pafling over each eye quite to the 
middle of the back; on the breaft begins a ltripe of white, 
which reaches to the vent, growing broader as it palles 
backwards; the reft of the under parts blue; legs black. 
Found at Cayenne with the preceding. 
195. Motacilla cyanea, the azure warbler : length five 
inches and a half: bill black; the feathers of the head 
are long, and ftand ereft like a full creft; from the fore¬ 
head to the crown they are bright azure blue; from thence 
to the nape black like velvet; through the eyes from the 
bill runs a line of black ; beneath the eye fprings a tuft 
of the fame azure feathers; beneath thefe, and on the 
chin, it is deeper blue, almoft black, and like velvet; on 
the ears is another patch of blue, and acrofs the back part 
of the head a band of the fame; the whole giving the 
head a greater appearance of bulk than is natural; the 
hind part of the neck, and upper parts of the body and 
tail, deep blue black; the under pure white; wings dulky; 
ftiafts of the quills chefnut; tail two inches and'a quarter 
long ; legs dulky brown. Inhabits Van Diemen’s Land, 
the molt fouthern part of New Holland. 
196. Motacilla velia, the red-bellied warbler: fize of the 
pettichaps: bill lead-colour; foreheadbluifli-green; rump 
green gold ; upper parts of the head, neck, and back, fine 
black, mixed with blue green; throat violet; fore-part 
of the neck the fame, mixed with brown; the reft of the 
under parts rufous ; greater wing-coverts, quills, and tail, 
black, edged with blue; legs cinereous. Thefe birds are 
apt to vary in their plumage; but whether occafioned by 
age, fex, or an abfolute variety, is uncertain. It is laid 
to be as fine tailed as the ortolan. Found at Surinam, 
Guiana, and Cayenne. 
197. Motacilla Canadenfis, the Canada warbler: length 
four inches and a half: bill black; the upper parts deep 
cinereous blue, but the fides of the head, the throat, and 
fore part of the neck, are black; fides fpotted with the 
fame; belly and under parts whitilh ; quills dulky black, 
with a white Ipot; tail cinereous blue; legs brown. Na¬ 
tive of Canada. One of thefe was taken at fea, in a calm, 
eight or ten leagues from St. Domingo ; and another Was 
fent to Mr. Edwards from Pennfylvania ; at which place 
they arrive in April, make their nefts, and depart fouth- 
ward in autumn. 
19S. Motacilla cserulea, the caerulean warbler. Size of 
the preceding : bill black ; head and upper parts of the 
body blue grey; eyelids white; from the bill to the hind 
head pafles a ftripe of black; under parts white 5 wings 
cinereous brown ; the quills edged with whitilh within ; 
tail long ; the eight middle feathers cinereous blue, and 
the outer one of thefe white at the tip ; the two outmoffc 
on each fide wholly white; legs black. Tlie female has 
not the black ftreak over the eyes; and the eight middle 
tail-feathers are cinereous brown ; the reft as in the male. 
Thefe are inhabitants of Pennfylvania, where they arrive 
early in fpring, and return in autumn. The neft is of a 
Angular conftrudtion : compofed of fine downy matter, 
with the outfide of mofs and liver-wort, lined with horfe- 
hair. The form of it is cylindrical, placed between the 
forks of the branches of a tree, and open on the top. 
( 3 . There is a variety of this bird found in Cayenne, 
with the head, and fix middle tail-feathers, wholly black. 
199. Motacilla cyana, the turquois warbler: all the 
upper parts of the plumage fine turquois blue ; beneath 
fnowy ; from the bill to the wings a black ftreak. Inha¬ 
bits Dauria. 
zoo. Motacilla fibilla, the whittling warbler : very fimi- 
lar 
