ORPHEUS WARBLER. 



INSESSORES. 



1)E\T1ROSTRES. 



343 

 SYLVIADM. 





THE ORPHEUS WARBLER. 



Curruca orphea. 



Cun'uca orphea, 

 Sylvia 







grisea, 

 OrpJiea, 



Orpheus Warbler, 

 Bee-fin Orphee, 

 Orpheus Warbler, 

 Fauvette grise, 

 Bigia grossa, 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol.i.p. 198. 

 HEWITSON, Eggs of Brit. Birds. 

 VIEILLOT, Faun. Fran?, p. 209. 

 SAVI, Ornit. Tusc. v. i. p. 250. 



THE occurrence of this species in Yorkshire was com- 

 municated to the Zoologist in 1849, page 2588, by Sir 

 William Milner of Nunappleton, who retains the specimen 

 in his extensive collection. " The bird was a female, and 

 was observed in company with its mate for a considerable 

 time before it was shot. The other bird had a black head, 

 and the description I received left no doubt on my mind 

 that it was a male bird of Sylvia orphea. 



" The bird obtained, of which I send you a description, 



