. A general history of birds . at a moderate height; the eggs are four or five, rufous white,spotted with brown.* 126.—RED-RUMPED WARBLER. LENGTH about seven inches. Bill black, with a yellow base,where are a few slight, short, scattered harrs; iridesred; eyelidswhite, appearing as a circle ; plumage above pale brown, beneathwhite ; lesser wing coverts the colour of the back; at the bend ofthe wing, on the edge, a patch of pale blue ; the rest of the wingblack; upper and under tail coverts tine rufous red; tail black;legs dusky blue; the wings reach to the base of the tail. Inhabits India; cal
. A general history of birds . at a moderate height; the eggs are four or five, rufous white,spotted with brown.* 126.—RED-RUMPED WARBLER. LENGTH about seven inches. Bill black, with a yellow base,where are a few slight, short, scattered harrs; iridesred; eyelidswhite, appearing as a circle ; plumage above pale brown, beneathwhite ; lesser wing coverts the colour of the back; at the bend ofthe wing, on the edge, a patch of pale blue ; the rest of the wingblack; upper and under tail coverts tine rufous red; tail black;legs dusky blue; the wings reach to the base of the tail. Inhabits India; called Schurriah.—Sir J. Anstruther. WARBLER. LENGTH five inches. Bill slender, black; plumage in generalblue; over the eyes a slender white line; from the throat down themiddle to the belly, a streak of white; belly and vent white, mottledon the latter with dusky; quills and tail black; legs black. Inhabits India. Said to be a male. * This is one of the nests in which the Crested Black Cuckow lays her eggs. PLC VI. ) /////</■/ ////■///. WARBLER. H7 128.—SUPERB WARBLER — Pl. cvi. Sylvia cyanea, Ind. Orn. ii. 545. Motacilla cyanea, Gm. Lin. i. 991. Elliss Narr. p. 22. Cooks last Voy. i. 109.■■ superba, Nat. Misc. pl. 10. Merion, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxviii. Superb Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 501. pl. 53. Phil. Bot. Bay, pl. p. 157—male. 159—female. Whites Journ. p. 256—male and female. Shaws Zool. x. 754. pl. 58. THE length of this beautiful Species is five inches and a black; the feathers of the head long and silky, and for the mostpart stand erect, as a crest; from the forehead to the crown brightblue; from thence to the nape black, and like velvet; through theeyes, from the bill, a line of black ; under the eye a tuft of the samerich blue feathers as on the crown; and on the ears a similar bluepatch, uniting with that under the eye, and continuing in a slenderline across the nape, of the texture of velvet, and the whole headhas a g
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