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PASSERINE WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia passerina.) 



SY. cinerea, subtus griseo alba, superciliis albidis, remigibus cau- 



daque atris. + 

 Cinereous Warbler, beneath greyish white, with the eyebrows 



white ; the quills and tail dark-coloured. 

 Sylvia passerina. Lath. 2nd. Orn. 2. 508, 5. 

 Motacilla passerina. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. Q54. 

 Curruca minor. Eriss. Orn. 3. 3/4. 3. 

 Passerinette. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 123.- Buff. PI. Enl. 579. 



/.2. 

 Passerine Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 414. 4. 



LENGTH rather more than five inches : beak 

 brown : irides red-brown : the upper parts of the 

 plumage pale cinereous : eyebrows white : the 

 under parts of the body pale greyish white : quills 

 and tail dusky : legs lead-colour. This species 

 makes its nest in a low bush close to the ground : 

 it is constructed of dry grass and herbs, and lined 

 with finer materials: the eggs are of a dingy white, 

 varied with two shades of green, especially at the 

 larger end ; they are four in number. The note 

 is very trifling, consisting only of a chirp. It is a 

 native of many parts of Europe, but does not 

 occur in England. 



