REDBREAST. 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



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SYLVIADM. 



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THE REDBREAST. 



Sylvia rubecula, The Redbreast, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 502. 



Motacilla ,, ,, Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 240. 



Sylvia „ ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 68. 



Erythaca ,, ,, Selby, Brit, Ornith. vol. i. p. 188. 



Sylvia ,, „ Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 103. 



Erythaca ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xiv. 



Sylvia ,, Bec-Jin Rouge-gorge, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. 



215. 



Erythaca. Generic Characters. — Beak rather broad and depressed at the 

 base, becoming narrower towards the point, and slightly compressed ; upper 



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