4$4 W A R B L E R.
P lace.
72-
MAGELLANIC
W.
D escrip t ion.
Peace.
7.V
CITRINE W.
D escription.
Peace.
except the lhoulder, which is white : the under parts of the body,
from chin to vent, are white alfo the greater coverts and quills
brown, with pale margins : the tail" is cuneiform in lhape, and of
a very Angular conftru&ion ; for the end of each feather, for
about one-third of its length, is almoft bare of webs, ending in
a point ; the four middle feathers are ferruginous, the others
reddilh brown, with the ends white : the legs are brown, one
inch in length.
Inhabits Terra del Fuego. In the collection of Sir Jafeph
Banks.
L E N G T H four inches and a half. Bill half an inch : vifage
fomewhat prolonged : irides reddilh : upper parts of the
body yellow brown, waved with black, with a mixture of red,
efpecially on the fides over the wings : under parts cinereous
yellow, crofted with blackilh: tail cuneiform; yellowifh brown
mixed with red, and barred with black lines; it is very fhort,
the longeft feather being only one inch : legs three quarters of
an inch long, but ftout, and of a yellow colour.
Inhabits Terra del Fuego.
C I Z E of a Wren : length three inches and a half. Bill three
quarters of an inch long, ftrait, and black : irides very pale
blue: plumage above yellow, ftreaked with duflty : Tides of the
head, beneath the eye, fore part of the neck, and bread, white :
heliy, thighs, vent, and rump, yellow : tail Ihort, only half an
inch long; colour of it black, with the ends of the feathers of a
dull yellow: legs one inch long, dufky : claws large.
Inhabits Dujky Bay, New Zealand.
LENGTH
W A R B L E R . 4 6S
J ^ E N G T H four inches and a half. Bill three quarters of
an inch, ftrait, black: irides blueilh alh-colour: upper
parts of the body, wings, and tail, of an elegant pale green :
forehead, Tides of the head, under the eye, and Tides of the
neck, alh-colour : above the eye a femicircular white mark : the
under parts are very pale alh-colour : thighs and vent greenilh :
tail not longer than in the laft fpecies: legs above one inch
long, and flelh-coloured: toes and claws rather ftout.
This inhabits Dujky Bay, New Zealand, and is named there
E Ttetee tee poinorn.
The three laft from Sir J. Banks’s drawings.
Mdtacilla cenanthe, Lift. Syjl. i. p. 332. N° 15.—-Faun. Suec. N° 254.—
Faun. Groen. p. 122. 84.— Scop. ann. i. N° 230.— Brun. N° 276.—
Muller, p. 33. N° zy^.^—Krant. el. p. 374. N° 4.
Le Cul-blanc, ou Vitrec, ou Motteux, Brif. orn. iii. p. 449. N° 33.—
Buf. oif. v. p. 237.— Pi. enl. 554. f. 1.2.
Wheat-Ear, Fallow Smich, White Tail, Rail Syn. 73. A. 1.— Will. orn. p.
233. pi. 41.—Alb in. i. pi. 55. (the male.) vol. iii. pi. 54. (the female.)
Br. Zool. i. N° 157.— ArSl. Zool.
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf.
H E length of this bird is five inches and a half. The bill
black : hides hazel: the top of the head, hind part of the
neck, and back, are of a blueilh grey : o” er the eye a ftreak of
white; through the eye another of black, which widens into a
large patch behind i t : the quills are black, with tawny edges :
the rump, upper tail coverts, and bafe half of the tail, white j
the end half black i the under parts of the body yellowilh white,
Voi>. II. 3 O changing
74-
LONG-
LEGGED W.
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Place.
4-WHEAT-EAR.
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