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 Gen. XVIII. SYLVIA. Lath. 



II. Sub-gen : Sylvia. Lath, 



70 sp. Sylvia provincialis. Gmel. The Dartford Warbler. 



MelhopMhiS „ Leach. 



Nest. June— July, in thick furze-bushes, in the southern counties. 



Eggs. 4-5, greenish white, finely speckled over with olive-brown and ash-grey. 



70 a 



70 3 



70 c 



71 sp. Sylvia rubecula. Lath. The Red-breast. 



Erytliaca „ Swains. 



Nest. April— May, in hedges aud bushes. 



Eggs. 4-6, yellowish white, freckled all over with pale light red; sometimes of anunifon 

 colour. 



71 a 



7\b 



71c 



