9 o BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



(Barren Warbler. 



THE Garden Warbler (Sylvia hortensis, Gmelin), which is 

 a spring and summer visitor to the British Isles, is said to 

 be found everywhere throughout Europe. It winters in 

 Africa. The adult male in summer plumage has the upper 

 parts olive-brown ; darker on the wings and tail ; eye- 

 streak, pale olive-brown; primaries, dark brown, with lighter 

 margins on wing-coverts and innermost secondaries ; under- 

 neath, mostly huffish white; centre of abdomen, whiter; 

 breast and flanks, pale olive-brown or buffish-brown ; centre 

 of under tail-coverts, buffish-brown ; irides, hazel ; bill, 

 dark brown; base of lower mandible, paler; legs, feet, 

 and claws, bluish-grey. Length, from five to six inches. 

 The adult female is similar to the male, but a little paler 

 in colouration. The young show broad pale margins on 

 primaries and secondaries. 



