WARBLERS AND ALLIED SPECIES. 315 



third longest, the secondaries rounded ; tail rather long, straight, 

 slightly rounded. 



1. Philomela Luscinia. Brake Nightingale. Upper parts 

 reddish-brown, the tail brownish-red ; lower parts greyish- 

 brown, the throat and belly whitish. 



GENUS II. SYLVIA. WARBLER. 



Bill rather short, slender, straight, its outlines slightly con- 

 vex ; tarsus rather short, much compressed, with seven dis- 

 tinct scutella ; toes of moderate length, slender ; claws rather 

 stout, well arched, much compressed, laterally grooved, acute ; 

 wings of moderate length, broad, the first quill minute and 

 pointed, the third longest, the second and fifth very little 

 shorter, the former exceeding the latter, secondaries broadly 

 rounded ; tail of moderate length, straight, slightly emarginate. 



1. Sylvia Atricapilla. Black-capped Warbler. Male with 

 the head black. Female with the head reddish-brown. 



2. Sylvia hortensis. Garden Warbler. Upper parts light 

 greyish -brown, tinged with olive ; wings and tail clove-brown, 

 the margins of the quills and wing-coverts of the same colour 

 as the back, the lateral tail-feathers like the rest. 



3. Sylvia cinerea. White-throated Warbler. Upper parts 

 light greyish-brown, the head brownish-grey ; wings and tail 

 brown, the secondaries and their coverts broadly edged with 

 light brownish-red, the lateral tail-feathers in part greyish- 

 white ; lower parts greyish- white. 



4. Sylvia Curruca. White-breasted Warbler. Upper parts 

 light brownish-grey, the head grey, wings and tail dusky, the 

 secondaries edged with light grey, the lateral tail-feathers nearly 

 white ; lower parts white. 



GENUS III. PHYLLOPNEUSTE. WOOD-WREN. 



Bill rather short, very slender, straight, its outlines almost 

 straight ; tarsus rather long, much compressed, with seven 

 scutella, of which only the three lower are distinct ; toes of 

 moderate length, very slender, much compressed ; claws rather 



