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upper parts replaced by earthy brown, and the chestnut of the chin, 

 throat, breast, and flanks by huffish white, with a slight vinous 

 tinge on the sides of the breast. I have been unable to obtain 

 dated skins in cmtumn plmnage ; but undated skins, in M'hich the 

 chestnut of the underparts of the male is replaced by pale vinous, 

 may prove to be in this plumage. Birds of the year are huffish 

 brown on the breast and flanks, the male resembling the female, 

 except in being slightly greyer on the upper parts. 



The basiu of the Mediterranean may be said to be the breeding- 

 range of the Subalpine Warbler, probably extending eastwards as 

 far as Persia. In Europe it is certainly only a summer visitor ; 

 but in North Africa it appears to be a partial resident. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 Purchased. 



Purchased. 

 E.Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Baron Laugier. 

 R.B.Sharpe, Esq.[P.J. 

 Mtins. Favier [0.1. 

 Col. Irby [P.]. 

 Col. Irby [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



16. Sylvia melanothorax. 



Sylvia melanothorax, Tristram, His, 1872, p. 296 ; Dresser, B. Eur. 

 pt. xsxix. (1875). 

 In the adult mcde in spring j^limuige the general colour of the 

 upper parts is slate grey, shading into black on the nape, head, and 

 ear-coverts ; quills, wing-coverts, and innermost secondaries nearly 

 black, all except the longest primaries narrowly edged with white 

 on the external webs ; tail-feathers nearly black, the whole of the 

 external web and the terminal half of the internal web of the out- 

 side feather on each side white, and more or less white at the tips 

 of the next two feathers on each side. The underparts are mottled 

 black and white, each feather being white, with a nearly black 

 centre ; the flanks are nearly uniform slate-grey ; edge of the 

 "wing white ; axillaries slate-grey ; under wing-coverts mottled 

 black and white ; inner margin of quills pale brown. Eill of tyjiical 

 shape, nearly black, the under mandible pale at the base ; rictal 

 bristles nearly obsolete. Wing with the third and fourth primaries 

 nearly equal and longest ; second primary intermediate in length 

 between the fifth and sixth ; bastard primary extending about 

 0-1 inch beyond the primary-coverts. Tail shorter than the wing ; 

 outside feathers 0-3 inch shorter than the longest. Legs, feet, and 

 claws pale brown. Length of wing 2-35 to 2-25 inches, tail 2-25 to 

 2-15, culmen 0-52 to 0'47, tarsus 0-75. 



The female scarcely differs from the male. After the autumn 

 moidt the white margins to the feathers of the underparts are 

 longer, concealing more of the black centres. Birds of the 2/«(>"have 



