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GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia Locustella.) 



SY. Jusco-viridis maculis nigrkantibus subtus Jlavescens, pectore 



saturation, cauda cuneata rectricibus apice mucronatis. 

 Brown-green Warbler, spotted with dusky, beneath yellowish, 



with the breast darker; the tail wedged, the tips of the feathers 



pointed. 



Sylvia Locustella. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 515. 25. 

 Locustella avicula. Will. Orn. 151. Ray. Syn. 7O. A. ?. 

 La Locustelle. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 42. 

 Fauvette tachet6e. Buff. PL Enl. 581. f. 3. 

 Grasshopper Warbler. Pen, Brit. Zool. 1. 15& Pen. Arct. 



ZooL 2. 419. L . White. Hist. Selb. 45. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 



429. 2O. ? Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 24O. 9. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. 



Mont. Sup. 



LENGTH rather more than six inches: beak 

 dusky above, white beneath : irides dark hazel : 

 the whole upper parts of the bird are olivaceous 

 brown ; the middle of each feather dusky, except 

 on the neck, which gives it a spotted appearance: 

 quills dusky brown, the edges lighter and tinged 

 with olive : eyelids, chin, throat, and belly, yel- 

 lowish white : breast, sides, and thighs, inclining 

 to brown, the two last faintly streaked with dusky : 

 under tail-coverts very pale brown, marked down 

 the shafts with long pointed dusky streaks : tail 

 similar in colour to the quills, but greatly wedged ; 

 the two middle feathers being two inches and a 

 half long, and pointed at the tipsj the outer 

 feather only one inch and a quarter, and rounded 



