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upper parts is oliTC-brown. darker and greyer on the wings and 

 tail, and slightly paler on the margin of the sring-coverts and inner- 

 most secondaries. Underparts greyish white, purest on the belly 

 and on the edge of the wing just below the carpal joint, and shading 

 into pale olive-brown on the breast, flanks, and the centre of the 

 under tail-coverts : axillaries and under wing- coverts buff, the 

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

 of typical shape, dark brown, the lower mandible pale ; rictal 

 bristles few and slender. Wing pointed, with the second and third 

 primaries nearly equal in length ; bastard primary very minute, not 

 extending as far as the ijrimary-coverts by 0*1 to 0"2 inch. Tail 

 considerably shorter than tlie wing, nearly even, the outside feathers 

 being scarcely 0-1 inch shorter than the longest. Legs, feet, and 

 claws bluish grey. Length of wiug 3-2 to 3-0 inches, tail 2-3 to 2-2, 

 culmen 0-53 to 0-5, tarsus 0-8. 



The female scarcely differs from the male. After the autumn 

 moult the upper parts are more olive and the underparts buffer. 

 Birds of the year scarcely differ from adults in autumn plumage. 



The breeding-range of the Garden- Warbler scarcely extends 

 northwards as far as the Arctic Circle, and to the east it is bounded 

 by the Lral mountains. This bird breeds in the south of Spain, and 

 only passes on migration through South Italy, Greece, and Asia 

 Minor, but is said to breed in the Joi'dan valley. It passes through 

 North-east and North-west Africa on migration, wintering probably 

 in Central Africa, and certainly in South Africa. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Devonshire. Col. Montagu [P.]. 



c. Ad. St. Saffron Walden, Essex. J. Clark, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Cambridge {Baker). F. Godman and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Middlesex (O. Salvin). F. Godman and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



f. c? ad. sk. Belgium, July 10. Brussels Mus. [P.]. 

 >. Ad. sk. Gibraltar. Col. Irby [P.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



t. tS ad. sk. Damara Land, Nov. 30 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(C. J. Andersson). 



k, I. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



m, n, 0. SkuUs. S. Germany. Dr. A. Giinther [C.]. 



p. Skeleton. Purchased. 



4. Sylvia rueppeUii. 

 Svlvia riippellii, Temm. PL Col. iii. 245. fig. 1 (1823) ; Cretzschm. 

 ' JRiipp. Atlas, p. 29, pi. 19 (1826) : Temm. Man. d'Orn. iii. p. 129 



(1835) ; Kei/s. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. 188 (1840) ; Schl. Rev. Crit. 



p. 51 (1844); Gra)/, Gen. B. i. p. 174 (1848); Linderm. Vog. 



Griechenl. p. 102 (I860) : Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 213. no. 3019 



(1869) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O^-Afr. i. p. 314(1869) ; Dresser, B. Eur. 



Bt. XXX. (1874). 

 SAUvia capistrata, Riipp. Mus. Senck. ii. p. 181 (1837). 

 Crirruca riippellii (Temrn.), Gould, B. Eur. ii. p. 122 (1837); Bp. 



Comp. List B. Eur. ^- N. Ainer. p. 14 (l.-'SS) ; id. C'onsp. i. p. 294 



(1850) ; Deal, et Gerhe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 488 (1867) ; Loc/ie, Expl. 



Sfi. Alger., 'Ois. i. p. 2.35 (1867) ; Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 106 (1872). 



