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SYLVIADJ!. 



mary, three inches and one-quarter : the first quill-feather 

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

 the longest in the wing. 



The female in plumage resembles the male. 



Young birds have buff-coloured spots on the tips of the 

 feathers of the upper surface of the body ; those on the 

 under surface have dark margins. 



The vignette below represents the nest of the Nightin- 

 gale. 





