. THE 
BLUE REDBREAST. 
Generic Character. 
Bill fubulate, Pcrait; mandibles nearly equal. 
Nojlri/s nearly oval. 
‘Tongue jagged or lacerated towards the tip. 
Specific Character , &c. 
BLUE MOTACILLA, rufous beneath. 
The BLUE WARBLER. 
hath. Syn. 4. p. 446. 
Penn 1 . Ardl. Zool. 2. No. 282. 
The BLUE REDBREAST. 
Edw. 1. pi. 24. 
This bird, which is about the fame fize with the 
common Redbreaft, or rather larger, is an inhabi¬ 
tant of North America, and is principally feen in 
Carolina : the whole bird is of a fine blue, the bread: 
and abdomen excepted, which are of a light red, 
and the tips of the principal wing-feathers, which are 
dufky; the bill is black, and the legs brown. It 
feeds on infe&s, like the reft of this genus. 
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