. A general history of birds . ; the two middle tail feathers brown, and othersfine rufous halfway from the base, the end half brown; legs dusky. Inhabits India, called there Neelkunthee, Gunpigera, and Gun-pedrah, also Neelkoant, or Blue-throat. A.—This is paler than the last, above the eye a white trace, anda second on the lower jaw, but the blue on the throat, the red within,and beneath the same. Found with the last; and named Ganutta. B.—This differs from the others, as the blue on the throat isdivided in the middle with a rufous semicircular band, boundedbelow with rufous, as in both the
. A general history of birds . ; the two middle tail feathers brown, and othersfine rufous halfway from the base, the end half brown; legs dusky. Inhabits India, called there Neelkunthee, Gunpigera, and Gun-pedrah, also Neelkoant, or Blue-throat. A.—This is paler than the last, above the eye a white trace, anda second on the lower jaw, but the blue on the throat, the red within,and beneath the same. Found with the last; and named Ganutta. B.—This differs from the others, as the blue on the throat isdivided in the middle with a rufous semicircular band, boundedbelow with rufous, as in both the others, and like them the tail halfrufous, half brown. In a drawing of one of these, the name given to it wasGehoonau. 22 — CAFFRARIAN WARBLER. Sylvia Caffra, Ind. Orn. i. 514. Motacilla Caffra, Gm. Lin. i. 997. Lin. Mant. 1771. p. 527. Caffrarian Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 426. Shaws Zool. x. 670. SIZE of the White Wagtail; head and back olive; over theeye a white streak; between the bill and eye black; throat and PI. i5^ WARBLER. 31 rump ferruginous; breast and belly whitish ; quills brown ; tail even,ferruginous, the ends of the feathers the Cape of Good Hope. A.—A Variety among the drawings of Sir John Anstruther,answered to the above, except in having a second stripe of white inthe direction of the jaw, growing wider behind, bounded above andbeneath with black; between the bill and eye black ; tail one inchand three quarters long, and brown; rump brown; legs one inch anda quarter long, rather stout, and yellow. Inhabits India : with this another smaller, having the upper partspale brown ; sides of the head and beneath white; chin and throatpale rufous; bill and legs dusky. This appears as a young bird. 23.—RUSSIAN WARBLER. Sylvia Certhiola, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 186. LENGTH five inches. Bill black; plumage above olive brown,with oblong dusky brown spots; chin, fore part of the neck, andmiddle of the belly white; beneath the chin a zone of oval brown
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