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breast and sides ; and he adds : ' c It differs from the S. ScJice- 

 nobcenus in the smaller size of the five streaks on the head, 

 and from S. aquatica by the longer beak, the shorter 

 tarsi, the shorter wings, the colour of the back, and the 

 sharper, dark streaks on the sides and breast." 



Nilsson notices two other warblers, both new species. 

 The first is the Sylvia magnirostris (Lilljeborg), which 

 seems to differ only from C. palustris in the second wing 

 feather being a trifle shorter than the fourth, and the 

 wings being a little shorter. As to the size of the beak, from 

 whence it appears to derive its name, Nilsson remarks that in 

 size and form, the beak is precisely the same as in the Jutland 

 specimens of palustris which he has received from Kjarbolling. 



The second is the 8. calamoherpe media, Malm., which 

 seems to differ from 8. turdoides only in the size and 

 relative proportion of the wing feathers. The first of these 

 appears to have been discovered by Lilljeborg, in Kussia, 

 and the last was described by Malm from a specimen shot 

 near Gothenburg in 1849. 



Nilsson does not appear to consider them good species, 

 and as neither of them are noticed by Dr. Bree in his 

 "List of European Warblers," I think we may fairly 

 conclude, that their claim to be regarded as such is at 

 present more than doubtful. If such trifling differences as 

 these show, will form a species, there is hardly a collector 

 who will not be able to gain a handle to his name. Savi's 

 warbler is not known in the north. 



Gen. Turdus, L. 



On account of the shape of the bill, approach near to the 

 crows. In all, during the breeding season, the ring round 

 the eye and the gape are yellow; bill strong, sides com- 

 pressed, curved at the tip, which is bent over and toothed ; 

 wings long ; gape bristly ; tarsus longer than middle toe ; 

 legs and feet strong and large ; third or fourth wing feather 

 longest. All, with the exception of the dipper, are summer 

 migrants to Scandinavia, although in a mild winter some 

 few remain in the south of the country. 



