GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. 



1XSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



285 

 SYLVIAD/E. 



THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. 



Salicaria locustella. 



Sylvia locustella., Grassliopper Warbler, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 518. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol i. p. 236. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 69. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 199. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 106. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 184. 



Curruca 



Salicaria 



Sylvia 



Locustella avicula, Brake Locustelle, 

 Sylvia locustella, Bee-fin Locustelle, 



SALICARIA. Generic Characters. Bill straight, subulate, expanded at the 

 base, with the ridge of the upper mandible elevated, compressed towards the tip, 

 which is slightly deflected and emarginated ; the edges straight, those of the under 

 mandible being gently inflected. Nostrils, basal, lateral, oval, and exposed. 

 Forehead narrow and depressed. Wings rather short ; the first quill nearly abort- 

 ive, the second a little shorter than the third, which is the longest of all. Tail 

 rounded. Legs having the tarsi longer than the middle toe ; feet rather large 

 and stout ; the hind toe large and strong : claws moderately curved, long, and very 

 sharp ; that of the hind toe longer and larger than any of the others. 



I HAVE followed several systematic authors in considering 

 the four species next to be described as entitled to generic 



