300 



SYLVIAD.E. 



1NSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



SYLVIADJE. 



THE NIGHTINGALE. 



Philomela luscinia. 



Sylvia luscinia, The Nightingale, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 494. 



Motacilla, MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



Curruca FLEM. Brit. An. p. 69. 



Philomela SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 206. 



Sylvia JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 107. 



Philomela GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 



Sylvia Bee-fin Rossignol, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i p. 195. 



PHILOMELA. Generic characters. Bill moderate, straight, upper ridge 

 rounded ; the tip of the upper mandible slightly deflected and emarginated. 

 Nostrils basal, lateral, round, pierced in a membrane. Wings of moderate size ; 

 the first quill very short, the second equal in length to the fifth, the third the 

 longest in the wing. Tail slightly rounded. Legs long; toes of moderate 

 length ; claws rather short. 



