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24. LESSEE WHITETHROAT. Sylvia curruca (Linnaeus). Sylvan. 

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

 *^cently occurred in Ireland. 



Head and back bluish grey, back suffused with brown ; legs lead-colour 

 iris yellowish white. Length 5| inches. 



25. GARDEN- WARBLER. Sylvia horteiisis, Bechstein. Sylvan. Spring 

 .*7 to autumn. 



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

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



(and throat not whiter than rest of underparts. Length 5J inches. 

 26. BLACKCAP. Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus). Sylvan. Spring to *. , 

 ^autumn. / 



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

 without any white. 



Male. Head black. Length 5| inches. 

 Female. Head rufous. Length 6J inches. 



27. WESTERN ORPHEAN WARBLER. Sylvia orphea, Temminck. / /"" 

 Sylvan. Two records in England, neither of them satisfactory. / J 



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

 white ; outer pair of tail-feathers w ith outer web ivhite, inner web brown ; 

 next pair white only at tips ; head black. 



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

 Length 6^ inches. 



28. BARRED WARBLER. Sylvia nisoria (Bechstein). Sylvan. Scarce S. Sweden, 

 Q straggler on migration. Not yet noticed in Ireland. winterin^m 



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 6| inches. 



29. DARTFORD or FTJRZE WARBLER. Sylvia undata (Boddaert). Re- / 



f.sident south of the Thames, rarely north of that river ; not in Scotland LJ> 



r*QY Ireland. Local, in gorse-districts only. 



Upper parts blackish brown ; throat, breast, and sides chestnut-brown ; 

 feathers of chin and throat tipped with white ; tail long and graduated, 

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

 young. Length 5 inches. 



30. WESTERN Eurous WARBLER. Aedon galactodes (Temminck). S.W.Europe, 



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



wintering: fur- 

 Upper parts pale chestnut-brown. Tail long and graduated ; the two ther south. 



centre feathers rich reddish buff ; the others reddish buff, except the ends, 

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



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