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24. Lessee "WuiTETmtoAT. Si/hia currucn (Linnaeus), Sylvan, 

 Spring to autumn, as far north as the south of Scotland, and has re- 

 cently occurred in Ireland. 



Head and hack Jiluish grey, hack suffused with hrowu ; legs lead-colour ; 

 iris ydlowisli wliile. Length b\ inches. 



25. Gabden-Wakuler, Sylvia hortensis, Bechstein. Sylvan. Spring 

 to autumn. 



General colour above and tail olive-brown ; underparts greyish white. 

 Head same colour as back ; axillaries and under wing-coverts huff'; chin 

 and tlu'oat not whiter than rest of underparts. Length 5| inches. 



26. BLACKC.vr. Sylvia atricajpilla (Linna;us). Sylvan, Spring to 

 autumn. 



General colour above ashy brown ; chin and throat bluish yrey ; tail 

 ivithoat any tvhite. 



Male. Head black. Length 5| inches. 

 Female. Head rufous. Length t)| inches, 



27. Western Orpheax Warbler, Sylvia orphea, Temminck, 

 Sylvan, Two records in England, neither of them satisfactory, 



Male. General colour above ashy grey ; chin, throat, and underparts 

 white ; outer pair of tail-feathers with outer web tvhite, inner web brown ; 

 next pair white only at tips ; head hlach. 



Female. Like male, but the head only slightly darker than back. 

 Length Q'^ inches, 



28. Barred Warbler, Sylvia nisoria (Bechstein), Sylvan, Scarce S. Sweden, 



strajTSjier on misfration. Not yet noticed in Ireland, C. & E. Europe, 



°" ° •' ... ■wintermg in 



Male. General colour above brownish grey ; underparts whitish, with E. Africa. 

 transverse dark-brown bars ; the thighs also barred, as are the upper and 

 under tail-coverts ; iris light yellow. 



Female. Like male, but less barred. Length G^ inches, 



29. Hartford or Furze Warbler, Sylvia tindata (Boddaert), Ee- 

 sident south of the Thames, rarely north of that river ; not in Scotland 

 or Ireland. Local, in gorse-districts only. 



Upper parts black'sh brown ; throat, breast, and sides chestnut-hrown • 

 feathers of chin and throat tii)j)ed with wliite ; tail long and graduated, 

 half the length of the bird ; eyelids and iris red in adults, yellow in 

 young. Length 5 inches, 



30. Western Eui-ous AVarbler, Aedon galadodes (Temminck). S.W. Europe, 



Three occurrences: Sussex, Sept. 1854; Devon, Sept, 1859, Oct, 1879, N.Africa, 



winterino- fur- 

 Uppi>r parts ]iale chestinit-brown. Tail long and graduated ; i\\e two tlier south, 

 centre feallu'rs rich reddish butf ; the others reddisli half, except the ends, 

 which are black, tipped with white. Length 7 inches. 



