44 BIRDS. PASSERES. 24. Sylvia. 



Grey Wagtail. Lewin t.gd. Donovan t. 40. 



Length near 8 inches : extent 10: weight about 5 drachms. 

 Bill brown : iris dark hazel : cheeks dark grey : chin and throat bufl 

 in the winter becoming black in the i'ummer : rump and vent rich 

 yellow : wing-coverts and quills blackish, with pale margins : mid- 

 dle tail-feathers dusky, with a yellow edge towards the bafe : legs 

 pale brown. 



104. ~hl.fla.va. Above pale olive-green, beneath rich yel- 

 low : across the eyes an olive-green stripe : Pouter 

 tail-feathers obliquely white for more than half their 

 length, 



Yellow Wagtail. Pr. Zool. t. 53. Lewin t. 97. Donovan t. 15. 



Length near 7 inches : extent 10: weight about 5 drachms. 

 Bill black : iris hazel: over the eyes a yellow streak; throat, in 

 the fummcr, with black fpots : quill-feathers dusky, with paler 

 edges: 2 outer tail-feathers obliquely black and white, the rest 

 xlusky : legs blackish. Female lefs bright in the colours. 



24. SYLVIA. Warbler. 



105. S. Luscinia. Above reddish-brown, beneath pale 

 yellowish-ash : tail deep tawny-red. 



Nightingale. Lewin iii. t. 99. Donovan t. ic8. Walcot t. 229. 



Length 7 inches : extent 10 inches : weight 6 drachms. 

 Bill dusky : iris hazel : quills and coverts reddish-brown, with paler 

 margins : vent whitish : knees grey : legs long, light brown. 



106. S. hortetmy. Above light olive-brown, beneath 

 dirty-white : from the bill over the eyes a whitish 

 streak : tail-feathers brown with a grey brown outer 

 margin, the outmost obliquely half white. 



Greater Pettichaps. Lewin t. ici. K'a/cot. t. 230. 



Length 6 inches : extent 9 inches : weight 5 drachms. 

 Sill dusky, the bafe of the lower mandible yellowish : iris hazel : 

 mouth red or yellow within : head darker than the back : quilh. 

 dark-brown with paler margins : belly and vent white : legs lead- 

 colour. 



107. S. Hippolais. Above greenish-brown: throat and 

 breast dirty yellowish white : breast and belly silvery 

 white : above and below the eyes a yellowish streak : 

 quill -and tail-feathers dusky, with a dirty yellow 

 margin. 



Lefser Pettichaps. Lewin t. 102. Donov. t. 14. 



Length 5 inches : extent nearly 6 inches : weight near 3 drachms. 

 Bill dusky ; iris hazel : chin whitish : lower wing-coverts yellov 

 ish : legs dusky 

 2. Paler above : thighs brown : tail brown : eyebrows white. 



108. S. sylvicola. Yellow-green : throat and cheeks yel- 

 low : belly and vent pure white : from the bill over 

 the eye a bright brimstone streak. 



Wood Wren. Linn. Trans. 11. p. 245. tab. 24. 

 Length 5 inches and a quarter : weight near 3 drachms, , 



Bill dusky : iris hazel : through the eyes a bright fulphur ftreak, 

 but not under them us in the laft : upper-part of the breaft yellow- 

 ish-white : quill-feathers dusky, edged on the outer-webs with 

 yellow-green; tail-feathers dusky, edged with green on the outer- 

 webs except the first, and with white on the inner: legs horn-colour. 



J09. S. atricapilla. Crown black, of the female chesnut : 

 body above grey greenish-brown, of the female in- 

 clining to olive : beneath cinereous. 



