Family SYLVIIDAE. 



Sylvia simplex Latham.') — Garden-Warbler. 



(Plate 54, fig. a-d). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 40, No. 93). 



Colour of surface of shell 



Colour of spots: 



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 Nest: 



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greyish-, yellowish- or greenish-white; brow- 

 nish. 



yellowish to dark brown; those lying deeper 

 appear to be of an ash-grey colour. 



20.1 X 14.8 millimetres. 



0.14 gram 



not specially characterized. 



mostly oblong ovoidal. 



consists of vegetable materials, sometimes 

 lined with horsehair. 



in various shrubs, at from 1 , , 2 to 2 Metres 

 from the ground. 



5-6. 



May —July. 



about 13 days. 



l ) See also for this species the general remarks respecting the Family. 



