THE 
RUSSIAN WARBLER. 
Gineric Character. 
Bill subulate, strait: mandibles nearly equal. 
Nostrils nearly oval. 
Tongue jagged, or lacerated towards the tip. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Grey-brown WARBLER, with black head, sides 
of the neck white, breast and abdomen 
pale orange. 
TSCHECANTSCHIKI. 
Lepech. Jet. Petr. 15. p. 480. 
Tlie bird represented on the present plate is prin¬ 
cipally found in the beech-woods and marshy places 
of Siberia, and is described by Lepechin in tlie loth 
volume of the Petersburg Transactions. The bill is 
thin and black, with the upper mandible rather long¬ 
er than the lower, and slightly curved at the tip, as 
in otliers of this genus. The top of the head, 
the cheeks, throat, and fore part of the neck, are 
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