24 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
tail brown, with pale edges ggébvoat and chest reddish-chestnut, 
bordered on either side by a white line from base of bill; rest 
of underparts chiefly white ; bill and legs brown; eyelids red ; 
iiides brown. Length 5 inches; culmen 04; wing 24; 
tail 2°15 ; tarsus 0°75. 
Adult Female: Upper parts, ashy-brown; beneath, 
creamy-white ; flanks, shaded with brick-red. 
Birds of the Year: Buffish-brown on breast and flanks ; 
the male resembling the female, except in being slightly greyer 
on the upper parts. 
Distribution: Summer visitor from Northern Africa to the 
basin of the Mediterranean. 
Habitat: Among dense undergrowth. 
©PECTACLED .WARELE RK. 
Sylvia conspicillata JA/arm. 
Adult Male (Summer): Back greyish-chestnut; ead 
to below the eyes, rump, and tail, s/aze-grey ; wings and coverts 
dark brown; the latter, with innermost secondaries, broadly 
edged with chestnut; tail brown, outermost feathers more or 
less white ; blackish line from base of bill passing round the eye ; 
eyelids and chin white ; throat slaty ; breast and flanks vinous ; 
centre of abdomen white; bill dark brown; legs and feet 
yellowish flesh-colour ; irides pale brown. Length 4°8 inches ; 
culmen 0°35 ; wing 2°25 ; tail 2:2 ; tarsus 0°7. 
Adult Female: Above, uniform reddish-brown; throat 
white ; no distinct dark circle round the eyes ; breast and flanks 
pale buffish. 
Young in first plumage: Both sexes similar to female, 
but with browner head. 
Distribution: Summer visitant to the basin of the 
Mediterranean from Northern Africa. 
Habitat: Waste places ; among dense bushes. 
SARDINIAN WARBLER. 
Sylvia melanocephala (Gme/.) 
Adult Male: ead, region of the eye, and ear-coverts 
