46 BIRDS. PASSERES. 24. Sylvia. 



few dark ftreaks : quills and tail dusky olive-brown with paler 

 outer margins : legs pale brown. 



116. S. salicaria. Yellowish-brown with dusky spots, 

 beneath dirty white: tail-coverts pale tawny: o\ ti- 

 the eye a white stripe. 



Sedge Warbler. Lewin t. 107. Doiiou. t. 48. 



Sill black, pale beneath : cheeks pale brown : over the eyebrows a 

 black stripe : breast and sides darker : quills and tail dusky, the 

 former edged with olive-brown : tail a little wedge-form : legs 

 dusky. 



117. S. Dartfordiensis. Deep rufous-brown, beneath fer- 

 ruginous : belly white in the middle : iris and eyelids 

 red : legs yellow. 



Bartford Warbler. Lfwin. 1. 108. Br. Zoo!, t. 56. Donovan. /. 10. 

 JfrY/blafk, whitish at the bale of the upper mandible : throat with A 

 few whitish fpots : cheeks dark grey : qitilis dttsky, edged with dark 

 grey : fpurious ming white : ta.il wedge-forin, brown, the oiitmoit 

 feathers white on the outer edge. 



118. S. rubecula. Greyish-brown, belly white : front, chin 

 throat and breast deep orange. 



Red-breast Lewin t. 109. Donovan t. 123. Walcot. t. 238. 



Length 6 inches .- extent of wings g inches. 



Bill black : it is dark hazel : body above brownish-ash, with a tinge 

 of green : wings darker, Xvith paler margins : legs dusky. 



119. S. rubicola. Deep tawny spotted with black, beneath 

 dull rufous : throat black : sides of the neck and spot 

 on the wings white. 



Stone chat. Lewin t. no. Donovan t. 92. Walcot. t. 239. 



Length 5 inches and a half: extent near y : weight half an ounce. 

 Sill black: iris dusky : head and throat, of the male black : each 

 side the neck a broad band of white : quill and tail-feathers dusky, 

 with tawny edges : rump, of the male, white : belly pale rufous : 

 vent whitish : legs black. 



120. S. Rubetra. Dull rufous spotted with black, throat 

 and breast ferruginous : over the eyes and from the 

 chin down the sides of the neck a white stripe : wings 

 with two white spots, 



\Vhin chat. Lewin t, 111. Donov, t. 60. Walcot. t. 240. 



Length 5 inches : extent g inches : weight 4 drachms and a half. 

 Bill black : iris hazel : cheeks black : quills dusky, with rufous 

 margins : tail blackish, white on the lower part except the 2 mid- 

 dle feathers : belly and vent whitish, with a ferruginous tinge ; 

 legs black. 



121. S. (Enanthe. Head and back bluish-grey: cheeks 

 black : over the eyes a dirty-white stripe : breast 

 and belly yellowish-white : rump and base of the 

 tail white. 



Wheat-ear. Lewin t. 112. Albin t. 54, 55. Walcot. t, 241. 



Length above 6 inches : extent near 12 : w e ight near 7 drachms. 

 Bill black ; iris, hazel : from the bill a black stripe, forming a black 

 patch round the eyes : front dirty white : win^s and coverts dusky, 

 with reddish-brown edges : breast with a reddish tinge : vent white: 

 2 middle tail-feathers white with a black bu!e, the rest white tipt 

 with black : legs blackish. 



2. Mixed fulvous and whitish : lower part of the neck with grey 

 fpot-r; 2 middle tail-feathers entirely black. 



122. S. Troglodytes. Reddish-brown, crossed with ob- 



