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p. 188 (1840) ; Nord7n. Demtd. Voy. Ru^s. merid. iii. p. 149 



(1840) ; Werner, Atlas, Insectiv. pi. 43 (1842) ; Selys-Longch. Faun. 



Belq. p. 97 (1842); Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 174 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 294 (1850) ; Cah. Mus. Hein. i. p. 35 (1850) : X/«?;-i. Damn. 



Fugle, p. 150 a852) ; Sundev. Sv. Foyl. p. 62, pi. xiii. tig. 1 (1856) ; 



Jai(h. et Barth.-Lapomm. Rich. Orn. p. 244(1859) ; Linderm. Vog. 



Griechenl. p. 102 (1860) ; Schl. Bier. Nederl. Vogels, p. 56 (1861) ; 



Loche, Erpl. Sci. Alqer.. Ois. i. p. 240 (1807) ; Drosie, Voqelw. 



Borkum, p. 99 (1869); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 307 (18(59) ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 213. ho. 3012 (1869j i Blanf. Geol. i^ Zuol. 



Abyss, p. 379 (1870) ; FritscK Vog. Eur. p! 173 (1870); Salvad. 



Faun. Itnl. Ucc. p. 101 (1871); Shellei/ <f- Buckley, Ibis, 1872, 



p. 291 : Harting, Handb. Br. B. p. 16 (1872) ; Shelley, B. Egypt, 



p. Ill (1872); ' Severtz. Turkest. Jevofn. j,. 65 (1873) ; Gouldi B. 



Gt. Brit. ii. pi. Ivii. (1873) ; Fallon, Ois. Belg. p. 52 (1875). 

 Sylvia cineraria, Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. 2nd ed. ii. p. 534 (1807). 

 Sylvia ciuerea {Bechst.), var., Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 45 (1807). 

 Curruca cinerea (Bechst.), Koch, Syst. baier. Zool. i. p. 157 (1816); 



Selby, Brit. Orn. i. p. 213 (1833) ; Gould, B. Eur. ii. pi. 12o. 



fig. 1 (1837): Thoinps. B. Irel. i. p. 186 (1849) : Begl. et Gerbe, 



Orn. Eur. i. p. 480 (18()7) ; Doderl. Avif. Sicil. p. 12r(1869). 

 Curruca svlvia (Linn.), Steph. Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. ii. p. 210 



(\S-1Q){ Fleming, Brit. An. p. 71 (1.-28). 

 Ficedula cinerea (Bechst.), Blyth, Rennie's Field-Kat. i. p. 310 (1833). 

 Sylvia cineracea, Brehm, Naum. 18.55, p. 283. 

 Sylvia fruticeti, BreJnn, Naum. 1855, p. 283. 

 Sylvia caniceps, Brehm, Xaum. 1855, p. 283. 

 Curruca cinerea (Bechst?), var. persica, Filippi, Tiagg. Pers. pp. 162, 



348(1865). 

 Svlvia affinis. Blyth apud Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Sci. Tor. iii. p. 291 



'(1868;. ; 

 Sylvia rufa (liodd.) apud Netot. ed. Yarr. Br. B. i. p. 406 (1873), 



apud Irby, B. Gibr. p. 87 (1875), apud Dresser, B. Eur. pt. 1. 



(1876), apiul Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 79. 



In the adult male in spritig j^himctfje the general colour of the 

 upper parts is greyish brown, darkest on the wings and tail, and 

 shading into ash-grey on the head and upper tail-coverts ; wing- 

 coverts and innermost secondaries broadly edged with pale chestnut ; 

 outside tail-l'eathiTS paler tlian the rest, and broadly edged with 

 white. Undeqjarts white, purest on the throat and belly, with a 

 vinous tinge on the breast, and shading into buff on the Hanks ; a 

 white patch on the edge of the wing just below the carpal joint; 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts pale grey, the latter frequently 

 with darker centres ; inner margin of quills pale brown. Bill of 

 typical shape, dark brown, the lower mandible pale at the base ; 

 rictal bristles only slightly developed. "Wing pointed, with the 

 second, third, and fourth primaries nearly equal in length; bastard 

 primary very minute, falling short of the primary-coverts by 0-1 to 

 0-2 inch. Tail shorter than the wing, the outside feathers about 

 0-2 inch shorter than the longest. Legs, feet, and claws pale brown. 

 Length of wing 2-9 to 2*5 inches, tail 2-7 to 2-3, culmen 0-55 to 0-48, 

 tarsus 0-8. 



In the fimale the greyish brown of the back extends also on to the 

 head and upper tail-coverts, and tlie vinous tinge on the breast is 



