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SYLVIADJE. 



ItfSESSORJES. 



DENTlROSTRES. 



SYLVIAD.E. 



THE NIGHTINGALE. 



Philomela luscinia. 

 Sylvia luscinia, The Nightingale, PBNN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 494. 



Motadlla 



)> 



Curruca 

 Philomela 

 Sylvia 

 Philomela 



Bee-Jin Rossignol, 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 69. 



SELBT, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 206. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 107. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 195. 



PHILOMELA. Generic Characters. Bill moderate, straight, upper ridge 

 rounded; the tip of the upper mandible slightly deflected and emarginated. 

 Nostrils basal, lateral, round, pierced in a membrane. Wings of moderate 

 size ; the first quill very short, the second equal in length to the fifth, the 

 third the longest in the wing. Tail slightly rounded. Legs long ; toes 

 of moderate length ; claws rather short. 



