WARBLERS. 



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longest; the tarsi rather long, the feet being 

 formed for walking and hopping as well as for 

 perching. The genus is properly European, ex- 

 tending, however, into the western countries of 

 Asia, and into the north of Africa. 



The common Nightingale (Philomela luscinia, 

 LINN.), so renowned for its song, even since the 



NIGHTINGALE. 



time of Homer, is of very plain and unobtrusive 

 plumage. The upper parts are yellowish-brown, 

 tinged with reddish on the crown, as well as on 

 the rump and tail ; the under parts greyish-white, 

 pure^^n the middle of the belly ; the beak and 

 feet pale brown. 



Though on the continent the Nightingale visits 



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