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14. Sylvia. WAUEr-Eii. JB<7^ slender, weak; noslrih sinali ; 

 toes as in the last genus, excepting that the membrane 

 connecting the centre and outer toes, merely connects 

 them on the under side; feet formed for hopping and 

 perching. 



Many species of this very extensive family possess exqui- 

 sitely fine notes, a great degree of elegance in their plu- 

 mage, and manners, lively and familiar ; some affect woody 

 solitary places, others, are constant attendants on the in- 

 dustry of Man ; their food is insects, worms, seeds, fruit aad 

 grain : almost every known country possesses some speices, 

 cither peculiar to itself, or in common with other places, 

 under the same latitude ; their nests are generally formed of 

 soft downy materials, and placed either in holes in trees, 

 ■walls or banks ; in bushes, or in branches of trees ; spme 

 construct pensile nests, others sew the edges of leaves toge- 

 ther with dry fibres, and form a purse, which they line with 

 down, as the Taylor Warbler. A few of the species build 

 on the ground, under a tuft of grass, or beneath a stone ; 

 and a large number of them practise much artifice to allure 

 any intruder from their nests. They may often be taken, 

 either in common Nightingale traps, baited with a live worm, 

 or in clap netts. Twenty species occasionally repair to this 

 country. See British Ornithologi/y, vols. 1, 2, 3. 



1 5. Pipra. Manakin. Bill shorter than the head ; strong, 

 hard, inclined to triangular at the base, and slightly 

 incurvated at the tip; nostrils naked; feet formed for 

 walking and perching ; tail short. 



