PASSEKES— M USCICA VI D.K 1 1 3 



S. undata corsa Laubmann. Underparts paler and more 

 vinous than typical form. Size as " toni." 

 Resilient. — Corsica, Sardinia, Pantellaria. 



Sylvia sarda sarda Temminck. Marmora's Warbler. 



^ Above dark ashy grey, darker on crown ; throat, breast 

 and flanks grey, abdomen whitish, tinged faint vinous ; ist 

 primary much longer than coverts, 2nd between yth and 8th. 

 Eye-rim red. Bill dark horn, yellow below at base. Legs and 

 feet yellow brown. $ Browner above, abdomen white, flanks 

 brownish. Wing ^^ 9 56-58-5. Tarsus 20-21. Culmen 1 1-5-I2-5. 

 Tail 62-65 (H.). 



Resident. — Corsica, Sardinia, Italy (Liguria), S. Sicily, 

 Pantellaria, Algeria, Tunisia. 



S. sarda balearica Jordans. c^ underparts lighter, whiter. 

 $ above and below browner than $ " sarda." Smaller. Wing 

 c^? 48-51 (H.). 



Resident. — Balearic Islands (Majorca, Cabrera, Dragonera, 

 Iviza). 



Agrobates. 



Tail strongly rounded, feathers very broad ; often found 

 in dry and sandy localities ; creeping birds, often on ground 

 or perching in low^ trees with conspicuous movement of tail; 

 nest in cactus, hedges, or fork of tree, often with piece of 

 serpent skin interwoven; eggs variable, french white or pale 

 grey, sometimes greenish, with underlying greyish blotches 

 and small dark brown surface spots. 



Agrobates galactotes galactotes (Temminck). Ruious 

 Wakdler. 



(^ $ Above bright reddish isal^elline, tail redder ; supercilium 

 white ; all but central pair of rectrices with black subterminal 

 band and white tips ; beneath buffy white. Bill dark brown, pale 

 at base below. Legs and feet pale brown. Wing 83-89. Tarsus 

 25-27. Bill 12-14. 



Breeds. — Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Egypt, 

 Palestine. Migrates. Winters Africa, proljably not south of the 

 line Port Soudan, Khartoum, Bahr el Cihazal. Rare visitor to 

 Britain, Italy, Sicily, Heligoland, Malta. 



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