TURDID—WARBLERS. 27 
GARDEN WARBLER. “” 
Sylvia salicaria (Lzv7z.) 
‘Adult (Summer): Above hair-brown, slightly darker on 
wings and tail; wing-coverts and innermost secondaries lighter 
on margins; beneath greyish-white ; breast and flanks shaded 
with pale buffish-brown ; axidlaries buff ; bill brown; legs and 
feet bluish-grey. Length 5°8 to 6 inches; culmen 0°4; wings 
3'O to 3°25 ; tarsus 0°85. 
Adult (Autumn): Above more olive, beneath more buff. 
Birds of the Year: Indistinguishable from adults in 
autumn. 
Distribution: Summer migrant from Africa, breeding in 
most parts of temperate Europe. Scarce in Ireland, not found 
nesting in Sicily or Greece. 
Habitat: Woodland districts where undergrowth is dense. 
BARRED WARBLER. x 
Sylvia nisoria Bechst. 
Adult Male (Summer): Above dark brownish-grey, 
clearer on rump and head, browner on quills, wing-coverts and 
innermost secondaries, the two latter broadly tipped with 
white ; most feathers above, except those of centre of back, 
more or less broadly tipped with white and with a subterminal 
dark bar; deneath greyish-white ; chin, throat, breast, sides of 
body and under tail-coverts Jarred with brown , bill brown, 
yellowish at base of lower mandible ; legs, feet, and claws pale 
greyish-brown ; irides pale yellow. Length 6°25 inches ; culmen 
0°5 ; wing 3:5; tail 2°8; tarsus 1. 
Adult Female (Summer): Greyer above, less barred 
on under parts. 
Adult (Winter): Above browner; barring both above 
and beneath more distinct. 
Young in first plumage: Above almost uniform pale 
greyish-brown, slightly rufous on the tail ; beneath white, shaded 
on the flanks with dull brown and the chest obscurely mottled 
with dull brownish-grey, having a marbled appearance. 
Distribution: Summer visitant from North-eastern and 
