34 TUEDID^. 



Melizophiliis sardus {Mar7n.), Gerbe, Diet. Univ. d^Hist. Xat. xii. 



p 113 (1848) ; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 35 (1850) ; Netvt.* List B. Eur. 



Blasim, p. U (1862) ; Degl. et Gerbe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 492 (1867) ; 



Boderl. Avif. Sicil. p. 123'(1869) ; Sa/vcid. Faun. Ital. Ucc. p. 104 



(1871) ; SMlcy, B. Egypt, p. 108 (1872) ; Dresser, B. Eur. pt. xliv. 



(1875). 

 Dumeticola sarda {Marm.'), Homeyer, Journ. Orn. 1862, p. 279. 

 Svlvia (Pyrophthalma) sarda {Marm.), Fritsch, Vog. Eur. p. 173 

 '(1870). 

 In the adult male in spring plumage the general colour of the 

 tipper parts is very dark grey, approaching dull black on the head ; 

 innerruost secondaries, wing-coverts, and quills dark brcn-n, edged 

 externally with pale grey ; tail dark grey, the outside feathers 

 narrowly fi-inged with white on the outside web and the others 

 with pale grey. Underparts dark grey, shading into nearly whit€ 

 on the centre of the belly and chin, with a slight vinous tinge on 

 the flanks and thighs ; a white patch on the edge of the wing just 

 below the carpal joint ; under tail-coverts dark grey with nearly 

 white margins ; axillaries and under wing-coverts dark grey ; 

 inner margin of quills pale brown. Bill of typical shape, dark brown, 

 the lower mandible pale at the base ; rictal bristles moderately 

 developed. Wing with the third, fourth, and fifth primaries nearly 

 equal in length ; second primary generally intermediate in length 

 between the seventh and eighth, occasionally between the sixth and 

 seventh; bastard primary extending O'lo inch beyond the primary- 

 coverts. Tail longer than the wing, considerably rounded ; outside 

 feathers 0-3 to 0*4 inch shorter than the longest. Legs, feet, and 

 claws pale brown. Length of wing 2-25 to 2 inches, tail 2*45 to 

 2-2, culmen 0-46 to 0*41, tarsus 0-8. 



The female differs from the male in being browner both above 

 and below. After the autumn moult the plumage of both sexes is 

 browner, the female being slightly paler than the male ; and the 

 birds of the year somewhat paler still, especially on the underparts. 

 Marmora's Warbler does not appear to be a migratory bird. It 

 is found in Portugal, the Balearic Isles, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. 

 It is said also to have occurred in Algiers, Greece, and Palestine. 



a S ad. sk. Sardinia, Apiil 10 {A. B. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Brooke). 

 5. 5 , c. Juv. sk. Sardinia, May 19 {A. B. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Brooke). 



22. Sylvia gaJactodes. 



Sylvia galactodes, Tetnin. 



lieed-Thrush, var. A, Lath. Gen. Sy7i. ii. p. 33 (178-3). 

 Turdus arundinaceus, Linn., var. /3. Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. .3-34 (1790). 

 .Sylvia galactodes t, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 182 (1820). 

 Turdus rubiginosus, Meyer, Taschenb. Zus. u. Ber. p. 66 (1822). 

 Aedon galactodes {Temm.), Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 972 ; Gray, Gen. B. 



i. p. 173 (1848) : Bp. Consp. i. p. 286 (1850) ; Ileuyl. s!/st. Uebers. 



p. 25 (1856); Kewt. List B. Eur. Blnsius, p. 11 (1862) ; Degl. et 



* Spelt sarda. t Spelt galactotes. 



