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42. Redbreast. Erithacus ruhecula ruhecula (Linnaeus). 



Erithacus ruhecula. Shelley, p. 87. 



A common winter visitor. Paler in coloration and of a more 

 shy disposition than the English redbreast. 



Length about 5 inches. Upper parts olivaceous bro^vn, 

 tail and wings darker. Chin, throat and upper breast reddish 

 golden, bordered with a narrow faint grey blue edge ; rest of 

 underparts white, washed on flanks with olive. 



43. Whitethroat. Sylvia coymnunis communis Latham. Plate 12. 



Sylvia cinerea. Shelley, p. 111. 



Co]nmon during both migrations. 



About 6 inches in total length. Crown greyish; back brown. 

 Underparts white, tinged with vinous buff. Female duller in 

 coloration. 



4:3a. Eastern Whitethroat. Sylvia communis icterops Menetries. 



Not noted by Shelley. 

 Common on migration. 



Similar to the typical form but greyer ; the red edges on 

 wing feathers paler. 



44. Lesser Whitethroat. Sylvia curruca curruca (Linnaeus). 



Plate 12. 



Sylvia curruca. Shelley, p. 110. 

 Very abundant during spring and autumn migrations, 

 while a few winter in Upper and sometimes Lower Egypt. 



Length 5 inches. Upper parts greyish brown ; a blackish 

 streak through eye. Underparts nearly white. Outer pair of 

 tail feathers blotched with white as in nearly all the members 

 of this genus. 



45. Eastern Lesser Whitethroat. Sylvia curritca affi^iis Blythe. 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 

 Of som^ewhat rare occurrence. Can only be identified when 

 in the hand by the shortness of the second flight feather. 

 In other respects it resembles the preceding. 



46. Eastern Subalpine Warbler. Sylvia suhalfina alhistriata 



C. L. Brehm. Plate 13. 

 Sylvia subalpina. Shelley, p. 109. 



Very numerous during spring migration, very rare during 

 autumn passage. 



