5i8 AVKS. 



sluirt, consiiJerably rnimded ; tail long, graduated, frequently conical. Sonjf 

 of many of the species with a great variety of notes. 



Sj/lviaphra^mitis.— The Sedge Warbler. Plate xxxii. fig. 4. Crown, back, 

 and wing-coverts, deep yellowish-brown, spotted with liver-brown ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts paler, under parts creara-yellow ; a broad pale yel- 

 low patch above the eyes ; chin and throat white ; tail brownish-cinereou«, 

 somewhat rounded ; legs and feet blackish-brown. Four inches long. In 

 habits Europe. 



Section 2.— Sylvian Wabbleks.— T^l square, or slightly forked at the 

 end. 



Sylvia luscinia. — The Nightingale. Plate xxxii. fig. 5. Described, vol. iii 

 P.24& 



Sylvia ruhecula.— The Redbreast Plate xxxii. fig. 7. Described, vol. iiu 

 p. 254. 



Sylvia atricapilla.— The Black-Cap Warbler. Plate xxxii. fig. 6. De. 

 scribed, vol. iii. p. 2G1. 



Sylvia phcenicurus.— The Redstart. Plate xxxii. fig. ,7. Forehead white ; 

 vertex and back part of the neck deep blue- gray ; chin, gula, and jugulum, 

 black ; breast, rump, hypochondria, and side tail feathers, reddish-orange, 

 the two middle rectrices are clove-brown ; epigastrium and crissura gray- 

 ish black, the second and sixth feathers being of equal length ; feet and legs 

 black. 



Genus 30.— REGULUS.— CM«!er. 



Generic Character. — Bill straight, slender, deeper than broad, compressed, 

 edges inflected ; nostrils basal, ovoid, covered by small nuchal bristles, di- 

 rected forwards ; first quills of the wings short, the second considerably 

 shorter than the third, which is longer than the rest ; tarsus longer than the 

 middle toe, to which the outer one is joined at its base. 



Regulus auricapillus. — The Gold-Crested Regulus. Plate xxxii. fig. 9. 

 Described, voL iiu p. 262. 



Ge/ius 31— TROGLODYTES._C«e!er. 



Generic Cliaracter. — Bill slender, slightly compressed, emarginated, 

 curved ; nostrils basal, half covered by an arcuated membrane ; wings short, 

 rounded, with the first quill very short, the second considerably shorter than 

 the third, the fourth and fifth of equal length, and longer than the rest ; tail 

 short, rounded, and carried erect ; legs strong ; tarsus same length as the 

 middle toe, the external toes of equal length. 



Troglodytes Europceus. — Tlie Wren. Plate xxxiii. fig. 1. Described, vol 

 iii. p. 262. 



Genm 32.— SAXICOLA.— ifecAiiem. 



Generic Character. — Bill straight, slightly carinated, with the base dilated, 

 and resting on the forehead ; tip of the upper mandible a little bent, and 

 emarginated ; coronal region rounded and high ; nostrils basal, lateral, oval, 

 and partly concealed by a membrane ; tarsus considerably longer than the 

 middle toe ; the external toe adhering at its base to the middle one ; winga 

 of medium length, first quill not half the length of the second, which is 

 shorter than the third and fourth, these last being the longest j coverts and 

 scapulars very short. 



