BIRDS. PASSERES. 24. Sylvia. 45 



B'lack-cap. Lewin. t. 100. Walcot t. 234. 



Length 6 inches : extent 10 inches : weight half an ounce. 

 .Bill brown : iris dark hazel : cheeks and neck greyish-brown : chin 

 whitish ; quill and tail-feathers dusky, with a greenish-brown mar- 

 gin : belly and vent whitish : legs lead-colour. 



110. S. arundinacea. Above olive-brown, beneath yel- 

 lowish-white : lores aud orbits whitish-brown : -wings 

 "with a tawny-yeilow band in the middle underneath : 

 tail brown, some what werl^e-form. 



Reed Wren. Lewin t 113. Gent. Mag. Vol. 55. t. p. 640, 



Length hardly 5 inches and a half: weight 3 drachms. 

 Bill dusky above, yellowish beneath, broad at the bafe : iri s hazel : 

 sides inclining to rufous-brown : from the bill to the eye a lightish 

 streak : quilt and tail-feathers dusky, with olive-brown margins ; 

 legs dusky : foles greenish-yellow. 



111. S. modulatis. Above grey-brown, with dusky spots: 

 wing-coverts greyish at the tips: throat and breast 

 bluish-grey. 



Hedge Sparrow, Lewin t. 103. Albin i. .'59. Walcot t. 2^2. 



Length Cinches and a half: extent near 9 : weight 6 drachms 

 Bill dusky: iris hazel: chin and sides of the neck greyish: quill 

 and tail-feathers dusky, with dull rufous margins : belly dirty white: 

 legs dull flesh-colour. 



112. S. Phcenicurus. Front white : chin and throat black: 

 head and back bluish-grey : breast, rump, and tail 

 rufous. 



Redstart. Lewin t. 104. Donovan t. 82. Walcot t. 233. 



Length 6 inches : extent 9 and a half : weight near 4 drachms. 

 Bill black : iris dark hazel : cheeks black : sides rufous : quills 

 brown with pale edges : vent whitish : 2 middle tail-feathers bro\vn, 

 with a rufous margin : legs blackish. Female, chin whitish, and 

 the rufous colour lefs bright. 



113. S. cinerea. var. Above brown-grey, with a rufous 

 shade ; beneath white, with a reddish tinge : outmost 

 tail-feathers entirely white on the outer-web, and 

 half way down the inner. 



White-throat. Lewin t. 105. Albin t. 58. Walcot t. 235. 



Length near 6 inches : extent near 9 : weight about 4 drachms. 

 Bill dusky, whitish beneath : z'rz's hazel : wing-coverts dark-brown, 

 with a dull rufous margin : quills dusky, edged with grey-brown : 

 throat white : breast and belly with often a rofy tinge : tail dusky : 

 legs pale brown, 



114. S. Syluiella. Head and rump grey : back, wings and 

 tail grey-brown : beneath dirty white : 2 middle tail- 

 feathers shorter and subulate. 



Lesser White-throat. Lewin t. 106. Donovan t. 86. 



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

 Bill dusky; iris yellowish : quill and tail-feathers darker than the 

 back, w.ith a grey edge ; the outer-feather of the latter white on 

 the outer-web, and more than half of the inner : from the chin to 

 the vent pure white : legs brown lead-colour. 



115. S. Locwtella. Olive-brown with dusky spots; be- 

 neath yellowish-white, darker on the breast; tail 

 wedge-shaped, with pointed feathers. 



Grasshopper Warbler. Lewin t. 98. Br. Zeol.foL t. O.f. 5. 



Length 5 inches and a half: weight 3 drachms and a quarter. 

 Bill dusky above, pale beneath : iris hazel : from the bill to the 

 eyes a yellowish streak : breast and sides inclining to brown, with a 



