SYLVIA. BIRDS. 



S. sericea, Natterer. Plumage above gray brown, with the sides of 

 the neck and breast ash- coloured,, shaded on the flanks to gray 

 brown ; a line around the eyes, throat, and middle of the belly 

 white; the fourth, fifth, and sixth wing-feathers longest. 5| inches 

 long. Inhabits Spain. Tern. Man. 197. 



S. Orpheu, Tern. Head and cheeks blackish ; upper parts of the 

 body ash-coloured ; wings bordered with brownish ; the exterior 

 feathers on each side of the tail white, the others blackish, termi- 

 nated with white ; abdomen and lower tail-coverts red j upper 

 mandible notched, the base of the under one yellowish. 6 inches 

 long. Inhabits Europe. Tern. Man. 198. 



S. nisoria, Bechst. Head, neck, cheeks, and body above deep ash- 

 coloured, with the feathers terminated by a brown and white line; 

 sides waved with griseous ; abdomen whitish ; bill brown ; iris 

 yellow. 6| inches long. Northern Europe. Tern. Man. 200. 



S. atricapilla. Lath. Black-cap Warbler. Orbits of the eyes co- 

 vered with feathers ; head of a deep black in the male, in the fe- 

 male red ; upper parts of the body ash-coloured j belly and throat 

 whitish ; bill and legs black. 5 inches long. Inhabits Europe. 

 B. e%, Illust. pi. 46, fig. 2 and 3. 



S. melanocephala, Lath. Plumage gray above, wings and tail black- 

 ish ; white below ; orbits naked j male with the head black ; fe- 

 male ash-coloured, blackish ; bill thick and strong, the base of the 

 lower mandible white. 5 inches long. Europe. Tern. Man. 203. 



S. Sarda, Marmora. Plumage cinereous above, below whitish ; or- 

 bits naked ; male blackish ash-coloured on the throat ; wings and 

 tail blackish ; bill short and slender. 5 inches long. Inhabits 

 Sardinia. Tern. PL Col. 24, fig. 2. 



S. hortensis, Bechst. Garden Warbler. Plumage above gray brown, 

 lightly tinted with olive, white around the eyes ; throat whitish ; 

 breast and flanks reddish gray ; belly white ; base of the lower 

 mandible yellowish. 5| inches long. Inhabits Europe. B. 

 Selby, Illust. pi. 46, fig. 4. 



S. cinerea, Lath. The White-Throat. Plumage above yelJowish 

 brown, tinged with gray ; throat and middle of the belly white ; 

 breast slightly tinged with rose-red ; quills blackish brown ; tail 

 brown, the exterior feather having its end and anterior web white, 

 and being shorter than the rest. 5 inches long. Inhabits Eu- 

 rope. B. Selby, Illust. pi. 46, fig. 6. 



S. curruca, Lath. Plumage above brown, whitish below, with the 

 tail-feathers blackish ; the exterior one with the outer web white. 

 5 inches long. Inhabits Europe Tern. Man. 209. 



S. conspicillata, Marmora. Top of the head and cheeks pure ash- 

 colour j space between the bill and eye black ; region of the eyes 

 white, surrounded with black ; back rufous j throat white ; wing- 

 coverts bordered with red ; tail rounded, blackish, the exterior 

 feather almost white. 4 inches long. Inhabits Southern Eu- 

 rope. Tern. PL Col. 6, fig. 1. 



