IN8B880RE8. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. 





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SYLVIADjE. 



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THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. 



Salicaria locustella. 



Sylvia locustella, Grasshopper Warbler, PENX. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 518. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 236. 



Curruca FLEM. Brit. An. p. 69. 



Salicaria SELBT, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 199. 



Sylvia JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 106. 



Locustella avicula, Brake Locustette, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

 Sylvia locustdla, Bee-fin Locustette, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. 



p. 184. 



SALICABIA. Generic Characters. BUI straight, subulate, expanded at 

 the base, with the ridge of the upper mandible elevated, compressed 

 towards the tip, which is slightly deflected and emarginated ; the edges 

 straight, those of the under mandible being gently inflected. Nostrils 

 basal, lateral, oval, and exposed. Forehead narrow and depressed. Wings 

 rather short ; the first quill nearly abortive, the second a little shorter 

 than the third, which is the longest of all. Tail rounded. Legs having 

 the tarsi longer than the middle toe ; feet rather large and stout; the hind 

 toe large and strong : claws moderately curved, long, and very sharp ; that 

 of the hind toe longer and larger than any of the others. 



I HAVE followed several systematic authors in considering 

 several species next to be described as entitled to generic 



