68 SYLVIID^E. 



Sylvia melanocephala. SARDINIAN WAEBLER. 



Motacilla melanocephala Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 

 1789, p. 970 : Sardinia. 



Sylvia melanocephala ( GmeL^) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. 

 1881, p. 29 ; Satmders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 46 ; C. B. 

 Ticehurst, Bull. B. O. C. xix. 1907, p. 105. 



Melanocephala^^ black-headed, from /zeXas and Ke^nX//. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. Has 

 been recorded from Sussex, June 1907, and doubtfully from 

 Devonshire, April 1890. 



General Distribution. The Sardinian Warbler is a partial 

 resident in the countries and islands of the Mediterranean, 

 Madeira, and the eastern Canary Islands. Some pass the 

 winter in the Sahara, Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine. In the 

 western Canary Islands it is represented by S. m. leucocfastra, 

 and in Palestine and Syria by S. m. momus, which winters in 

 Arabia and Nubia. 



Sylvia orphea. ORPHEAN WARBLER. 



Sylvia Orphea Temminck, Man. d'Orn. 1815, p. 107 : 

 Metz. ji. C. 



Sylvia orphea Temm. ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. 1881, p. 14 ; 

 B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 12 ; Sounders, Manual, 2nd ed. 

 1899, p. 45. 

 Orphea with a voice like Orpheus, the famous mythic singer of Thrace. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. Has 

 occurred in Yorkshire, July 1848 ; Middlesex, June 1866 ; 

 and Sussex, Oct. 1903 and Sept. 1905. 



General Distribution. The Orphean Warbler breeds in 

 south-west Europe north to Luxemburg and Metz, and in 

 north-west Africa. Its winter quarters are not actually 

 known but are probably in Africa. In south-east Europe and 

 western central Asia S. o. crassirostris has been recognised, 

 which winters in north-east Africa, Arabia, and India. 



