22 TURDIDiE. 



12. Sylvia conspicillata. 



Sylvia conspicillata, Mann, fide Tenun. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 210 (1820) ; 



Metier., Tuschenb. Zus. u. Ber. p. 88 (1822); BjJ. Comp. List 



B.'Eui: Sf N. Amer. p. 14 (1838); Crespon, Oni. Chtrd. p. 1;:'>4 



(1840) ; Kem. u. Bln^. Wirh. Eur. p. 186 (1840) ; Werner, Atlas, 



Insedir. pi." 44 (1842); Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 174 (1848); Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 204 (1850) ; Cah. Mus. Hein. i. p. 35 (1850) ; Jaub. et 



Barth.-Lapamm. Biclt. Orn. p. 245 (1859) ; Linderm. Vofj. Griechenl. 



p. Oy ( 1860) ; Dubois, Ois. Eur. pi. 68 ( 1862) ; Grai/', Hand-l. B. 



1. p. 212. no. 3007 (1869); Frit^eh, Vor/. Ear. p.' 175 (1870); 



Sa/rad. Faun. Ital. Ucc. p. 101 (1871) ; 'iShelki/, B. Effi/pt, p. 109 



(1872); Dresser, B. Eur. pt. xliv. (1875); Irbi/, B. Gibr. p. 87 



(1875); Bla)if. East. Fers. ii. p. 179 (1876). 

 Sylvia passerina [Ginel.), apud Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 213 (1820), 



apud Vieill. Faune Franq. i. p. 206 (1820), apud Mei/er, Tnschenb. 



Zus. u. Ber. p. f<9 (1822), apud Boux, Orn. Prov. p. 334 (1825). 

 Curiuca con-picillata (Marni.), Buie, Isis, 1822, p. 553; Gould, B. 



Eur. ii. pi. 12(; ( 1837) ; Deffl. et Gerbc, Orn. Eur. i. p. 484 (1867) ; 



Doderl. Aoif. Sicii. p. 122 (*18C9). 

 Ciiiruca passerina (Gtnel.), apnd Boie, Js«s, 1822, p. 553. 

 Ervthro'euca passerina {GmeL), apud Kaup, Nutilrl. Si/st. p. 153 



(1829). 

 Svlvia icterops, Menetr. Cat. Haw. Cauc. p. 34 (1832); Bp. Comp. 



'List B. Eur. Sf N. Amer. p. 14 (18-38) ; ISchl. Bcv. Crit. p. 51 



(1814) ; Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 174 (1848). 

 Stoparolaoons|lcilLita (Martn.), Bp. Cat. Parzud. p. 6 (1856); Loc/ie, 



E.rpl. Sci. Alyer., Ois. p. 242 (1867). 



In the adult male in hreeding-plumage the head to below the eye 

 is slate-grey, gradually shading into greyi-sh chestnut on the centre 

 of the hack, and shading again into paler slate-grey on the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts ; the wings and wing-coverts are dark brown, the 

 primaries narrowly edged, and the wing-coverts and innermost 

 secondaries broadly edged with chestnut ; the tail-feathers are dark 

 brown, the two centre ones slightly greyer than the rest, and the two 

 outside ones white from their ap;ces as far as a line drawn from the 

 base of the outer web to the centre of the margins of the inside web ; 

 the second outside feather on each side has a terminal wedge-shaped 

 white patch, extending a quarter of an inch from the apex ; the 

 chin is white, gradually fading into pale slate-grey on the throat, 

 which fades into vinous red on the breast and flanks, leaving the 

 centre of the belly and the under tail-coverts nearly white ; axil- 

 laries and under wing-coverts vinous red ; inner margin of quills pale 

 grey, with a slight chestnut tint. Bill of typical shape, dark brown, 

 the under mandible pale at the base ; rictal bristles few and slender. 

 "Wing with the third and fourth primaries nearly equal and loiigest ; 

 second primary intermediate in length between the fifth and sixth, 

 or sixth and seventh; bastard primary small, but usually extending 

 O'l inch beyond the primarj'-coverts, in rare instances equal to them, 

 and occasionally extending beyond them 0-2. Tail shorter than 

 the wing, considerably rounded, the outside feathers varying from 

 0-2 to 0-4 inch shorter than the longest. Legs, feet, and claws pale 

 brown. Length of wing 2-3 to 2-0 inches, tail 2-1 to 1'9, cuhuon 

 0-48 to 0-4, tarsus 0-73. 



