668 RUFOUS WARBLER. 



age, the quills, and tail, the same : from the beak, 

 passing through the eyes, a dull brown stripe : 

 throat dull brown : rest of the under parts varied 

 with dusky and rufous grey. 



RUFOUS WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia rufa.) 



SY. ru*b-grisea, subtus riifescens, temporum stria longitudinal?, 



remigibus rectricibusque rufescentibus. 

 Reddish-grey Warbler, beneath reddish, with a longitudinal 



stripe on the temples, and the quills and tail-feathers reddish. 

 Sylvia rufa. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 516. 27. 

 Motacilla rufa. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 955. 

 Curruca rufa. Briss. Orn. 3. 38?. 8. 

 Fauvette rousse. 'Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 146. 

 Rufous Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 431. 22. 



LENGTH not quite five inches : the beak is grey- 

 brown : the upper parts of the body are rufous 

 grey ; the under parts are sometimes pale rufous, 

 at others white : the cheeks are marked with a 

 stripe of rufous : the quills and tail are reddish 

 grey, edged with pale rufous : legs brown. This 

 species inhabits France and Germany: it generally 

 resorts to gardens, and fixes its nest, which is con- 

 structed of dried herbs, and lined with hair, on a 

 low bush or plant : its eggs are five in number, 

 and are of a greenish white, sprinkled with a darker 

 colour. 



