NIGHTINGALE. 



or early in October, going by Sicily and Malta to pass the 

 winter in North Africa, Egypt, and Syria. Mr. Strickland 

 saw this bird at Smyrna on the 5th of April. It also 

 visits the islands of the Grecian Archipelago. Mr. Blyth 

 has found it in India. 



The beak is brown ; the irides hazel : the head, and all 

 the upper parts of the body and wings, of a uniform rich 

 brown, tinged with reddish chestnut ; the tail-feathers still 

 more rufous, and rather rounded in form : all the under 

 surface of the bird dull greyish white ; the chin, and the 

 lower part of the breast, of a lighter tint than the throat 

 and chest ; under tail-coverts pale reddish white ; legs, toes, 

 and claws, brown. 



The whole length of the bird, six inches and three-eighths. 

 From the carpus to the end of the longest primary, three 

 inches and one-quarter : the first quill-feather very short, 

 the second equal in length to the fifth, the third the long- 

 est in the \ving. 



The female in plumage resembles the male. 



Young birds have buff-coloured spots on the tips of the 

 feathers of the upper surface of the body ; those on the 

 under surface have dark margins. 



The vignette below represents the nest of the Nightin- 

 gale. 



