110 AVES 1NSESSORES. [SYLVIA. 



grayish ash, tinged with brown : under parts silvery 

 white : tail particoloured. 



S. Curruca, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. 1. p. 209. Lesser White- 

 Throat, Lath. Syn. Supp. p. 185. pi. 113. Mont. Orn. Diet. Bsw. 

 Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 253. Selb. Must. vol. i. p. 215. pi. 100. f. 4. 



DIMENS. Entire length five inches three lines. 



DESCRIPT. Crown of the head cinereous ; space between the eye and 

 the bill, and ear-coverts, the same, but darker-coloured : rest of the upper 

 parts grayish ash, inclining to brown : quills dusky brown, edged with 

 cinereous : all the under parts, from the throat to the vent, silvery white : 

 tail dusky ; outer feather white, except at the base of the inner web ; the 

 two next faintly tipped with white : bill dusky ; the lower mandible pale 

 at the base : irides yellowish : feet dusky lead-colour. (Egg.) White, 

 sparingly spotted and speckled, principally at the larger end, with ash- 

 colour and light brown : long. diam. eight lines ; trans, diam. six lines. 



Common in the eastern, and in some of the midland counties, making 

 its first appearance about the same time as the last species, but apparently 

 rare, or altogether unknown, in many parts of the kingdom. Song soft 

 and inward ; generally ending in a shrill shivering cry, which last note 

 is continued at intervals till near the middle of July. Chiefly frequents 

 gardens and copses, concealing itself in the thickest covert. Nest placed 

 in a low bush ; of very flimsy structure, composed of dry bents mixed 

 with wool, and lined with finer grasses and a few hairs. Eggs five in 

 number ; incubation commencing about the 20th of May. 



(6. SYLVIA, Selb.) 



56. S. sibilatrix, Bechst. (Wood-Wren.) Upper 

 parts bright yellowish green : belly and under tail-coverts 

 pure white: wings with the second quill equal to the 

 fourth ; third and fourth with their outer webs sloped 

 off at the extremity. 



S. sibilatrix, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 223. Wood-Wren, Lamb 

 in Linn. Trans. voL n. p. 245. pi. 24. Mont, in Linn. Trans. 

 vol. iv. p. 35. Mont. Orn. Diet. Sell). Illust. vol. i. p. 224. 

 pi. 47. f. 2. Yellow Wren, Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 255. 



DIMENS. Entire length five inches three lines: length of the bill 

 (from the forehead) four lines and a half, (from the gape)~six lines and a 

 half; of the tarsus nine lines; of the tail two inches one line; from the 

 carpus to the end of the wing three inches : breadth, wings extended, 

 eight inches eight lines. 



DESCRIPT. All the upper parts bright yellow green : above the eye 

 a broad streak of bright sulphur-yellow, arising on the forehead at the 

 base of the upper mandible and terminating on the temples : sides of 

 the head, throat, fore part of the neck, axilla?, and thighs, pale primrose- 

 yellow ; rest of the under parts pure white : quills dusky, edged with 

 green: tail slightly forked, extending eight lines and a half beyond the 

 tips of the folded wings ; dusky, with each feather, except the outermost, 

 likewise edged with bright yellow-green: bill and legs pale brown. 

 (Egg.) White, spotted and speckled all over with dark purple, red, and 

 ash-colour: long. diam. eight lines: trans, diam. six lines. 



