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characters that the feathers of the forehead are decom nosed 

 and rough, the tarsus stout and short, and the tail very slightly 

 graduated. 



The true Warblers all appear to subsist on insects during 

 the summer, and to feed largely on berries during the autumn, 

 before they migrate. 



THE BARRED WARBLER. SYLVIA NTSORTA. 



Motac'.tta nisoria, Bechst, Naturg. Deutschl., iv., p. 580, pi. 



xvii. (1795). 

 Sylvia nisoria, Dresser, B. Eur.,ii., p. 435. pi. 68 (1874); Seeb., 



Car. B. Brit. Mus., v., p. 6 (1881 ) ; 'id. Hist. Br. B., i., p. 



387 (1883); B..O. U. List Br. B., p. 13 (1883); Saun- 



ders, Man., p. 51 (1889); Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. B., pt. 



xv. ~ 



Adult Hale. General colour above greyish-brown, the head 

 and rump, as well as the upper tail-coverts being greyer than 

 the back, and the wing-coverts and quills browner, especially 

 the inner secondary quills, which are broadly tipped with white; 

 the upper surface barred with greyish-white, with which colour 

 the feathers are margined and tipped, and the pale tips to the 

 feathers are made more distinct by a subterminal bar of dark 

 brown ; under surface of body greyish-white, the sides of the 

 body and flanks slightly washed with brown, a shade of which 

 colour also appears on the breast and under tail-coverts; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries also greyish- white, barred across 

 with dark grey ; bill dark brown, the base of the lower man- 

 dible pale ; feet and claws slaty-brown ; iris pale yellow. Total 

 length, 6-5 inches; oilmen, 0*55 ; wing, 3-3 ; tail, 2-5 ; tarsus, 

 0-85. 



Adult Female Similar to the male in colour. Total length, 

 6-3 inches; wing, 3-35. 



Winter Plumage. Similar to the summer plumage, but a little 

 browner. 



Young Like the adults, but uniform underneath and browner 

 on the upper surface, which is slightly mottled with lighter 

 brown or buff edges to the feathers, the wing- coverts and inner 



