360 



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SYLVIID.H. 



Hypolais icterina (Vieillot*). 



THE ICTERINE WARBLER. 



Sylvia h'lppolaisA 



Hytolais, C- L. Brelunt. — Bill stout, very wide at the base, the edges 

 stniight, somewhat compressed towards the tip, which is slightly emargiiiated. 

 Nostrils basal, oblique, oval and exposed. AVings rather long and pointed, the 

 first quill very short, the third usually the longest. Tail moderate, rounded, 

 .square or slightly forked. Legs with the tarsi short, the feet small, and the 

 claws short but much curved. 



On the occuiTence of this addition to the British Fiiunu, 

 I was favoured hy the Late Dr. Plomley with the information 

 that an example was killed at Eythorne, near Dover, June 

 15th, 1848, the person who shot it having heen attracted 

 by its extraordinary loud and melodious song. The specimen 

 is now in the collection of Dr. Scott of Chudleigh, but 



* >Sylviu ictcrlna, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. \\. p. 191 (1S17). 



+ Motarilla h'lppolais (liy mistake), Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. ^30. 



t llippoliil.^ (by mistake), 0. L. Brehni, Isis, 1828, p. 1283. 



