GRASSHOPPER AVARBLER. 



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INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



SYLVIAD^E. 



THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. 



Sylvia locustella. Grasshopper Warbler, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 518. 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 



, p. 236. 



Curruca ,, ,, ,, 



Salicaria ,, ,, ,, 



Sylvia ,, ,, ,, 



Locustella avicula, Brake Locustelle, 

 Sylvia locustella, Bec-Jin Locustelle, 



199. 



Bewick, British Birds, vol. 

 Flem. Brit. An, p. 69. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. 

 Jenvns, Brit, Vert. p. 106. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 

 Temm, Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 184. 



Salicaria. Generic Characters. — Bill straight, subulate, expanded at the 

 base, with the ridge of the upper mandible elevated, compressed towards the tip, 

 which is slightly deflected and emarginated ; the edges straight, those of the 

 under mandible being gently inflected. Nostrils, basal, lateral, oval, and 

 exposed. Forehead narrow and depressed. Wings rather short ; the first quill 

 nearly abortive, the second a little shorter than the third, which is the longest 

 of all. Tail rounded. Legs having the tarsi longer than the middle toe ; feet 

 rather large and stout ; the hind toe large and strong : claws moderately curved, 

 long, and very sharp ; that of the hind toe longer and larger than any of the 

 others. 



I HAVE followed several systematic authors in considering 

 the three species next to be described as entitled to generic 



