592 EPICUREAN WARBLER. 



ous : the quills dusky, edged with white : the 

 breast yellowish, spatted with dusky ; the rest of 

 the under parts white : tail slightly forked, the 

 same colour as the wings. Common in the vicinity 

 of Bologna, in Italy, in cow pastures : its nest is 

 placed about twelve inches from the ground, on a 

 shrub or bush ; and, according to Buffon, it is very 

 courageous in defence of its young, as it will sooner 

 lose its life than they should be hurt. 



EPICUREAN WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia Ficedula.) 



SY. subfusca, subtus alba, pectore cinereo maculato. 



Brownish Warbler, beneath white, with the breast spotted with 



cinereous. 



Sylvia Ficedula. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 517. 28. 

 Motacilla Ficedula. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 330. 10. Lin. Faun. 



Suec. 251. Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 956. 

 Ficedula. Briss. Orn. 3. 369. 1. 

 Becfigue. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 187. Buff. PI. Enl. 668. 



f : 1 ' 



Epicurean Warbler. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 419. K Lath. Gen. 

 Syn.4. 432. 23. 



As its name imports, this species is greatly 

 prized on the continent as a very great delicacy, 

 particularly in the autumn, when it feeds upon, 

 and commits great havoc on, figs and grapes : it is 

 rather small, measuring only five inches in length : 



