44 PASSERES. 



207. Sylvia currnca. 



Motacilla curruca, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 329. 



Sylvia curruca, Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 410 : Jerd. 

 B. Ind. ii. p. 209. 



a Madras (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. b Worcestershire (H. E. 

 Strickland) 1833. c < Worcestershire (H. E. Strickland) 6 

 May, 1837. d (Askew) 1837. 



208. Sylvia affinis. 



Curruca affinis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 564. 



Sylvia affinis, Jerd. B. India, ii. p. 209. 



a Madras ("C. affinis, Blyth" T. C. Jerdon} 1846. 



209. Sylvia mfa. 



Motacilla rufa, Bodd. Tab. PI. Enl. p. 35. 



Sylvia rufa, Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 406. 



Sylvia cinerea, Lath, et auctt. plurr. 



Curruca cinerea, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 98. 



a Tuscany (C. Passerini) Aug. 1833. b Worcestershire 

 (H. E. Strickland) 1834. c Worcestershire (H. E. Strickland) 

 12 May, 1837. 



Seen by Strickland near Smyrna. 



210. Sylvia nisoria. 



Sylvia nisoria, Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. iii. p. 547 : Dresser, 

 B. Eur. 



a S. Europe (P. L. Sclater). 



211. Sylvia melanocephala. 



Motacilla melanocephala, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 970. 



Curruca melanocephala, StrickL P. Z. S. 1836, p. 98. 



a $ 20 Nov. b $ 10 Dec. Smyrna (H. E. Strickland) 1835. 

 c $ 18 May, d $ 21 May Zante (H. E. Strickland) 1836. 



Strickland says that this bird remains throughout the year at 

 Smyrna. 



MELIZOPHILUS. 



Melizophilus, Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. & Birds in Brit. 

 Mus. p. 25 (1816). 



