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SYLVIAD.E. 



IWSESSORES. 



DENTJROSTRES. 



SYLVIAD.E. 



THE NIGHTINGALE. 



Sylvia luscinia. The Nightingale, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 494. 



Motacilla ,, ,, Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 236. 



Cnrrtica „ ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 69. 



Philomela ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 206. 



Sylvia ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 107. 



Philomela ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 

 Sylvia ,, Bec-Jin Eossignol, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 195. 



Philoimela. Generic Characters. — Bill moderate, straight, upper ridge 

 rounded ; the tip of the upper mandible slightly deflected and emarginated. 

 Nostrils basal, lateral, round, pierced in a membrane. Wings of moderate 

 size ; the first quill very short, the second equal in length to the fifth, the third 

 the longest in the wing. Tail slightly rounded. Legs long ; toes of moderate 

 length ; clavi's rather short. 



The Nightingale is admitted beyond dispute to possess 

 in a higher degree than any other British Bird each of the 



