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SYLVIA CINEREA. THE WHITE-THROATED 

 WARBLER, OR WHITE-THROAT. 



WHEY-BEARD. WHEETIE-WHY. PEGGY-WHITE-THROAT. NETTLE-CREEPER. 



CHURR. MUFF. MUFFET. MUFTY. CHARLY-MUFTY. BEARDY. 



BLETHERING TAM. WHATTIE. WHISHEY. 



Fig. 172. 



Sylvia cinerea. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 514. 



White-throat. Mont Orn. Diet. 



Bee-fin grisette. Sylvia cinerea. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 207. 



White-throat. Curruca cinerea. Selb, Illustr. I. 213. 



Sylvia cinerea. White-throat. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 109. 



Male with the upper parts light greyish-hrown, the head hrown- 

 ish-grey, the wings and tail dusky, the secondaries and their 

 coverts broadly edged with light brownish-red, the lateral tail- 

 feathers with the outer web and a portion of the inner greyish- 

 white ; lower parts greyish-white, the loicer part of the fore-neck 

 tinged with red, the sides and tibial feathers with brown. Fe- 

 male similar, the upper parts yellowish-brown, the head less tinged 

 with grey, the lateral tail-feathers with brownish-white. 



Male. — This lively and loquacious little bird, which is ex- 

 tensively distributed in Britain, and in the cultivated parts 

 chiefly frequents hedges, is of a slender and delicate form, al- 

 though from its habit of swelling its plumage it has the appear- 

 ance of being rather stout for its size. In other respects it 

 presents the characters which I have given as common to all 



