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dusky, margined with rusty ; tertials the same ; the 

 rest of the quills dusky; tail dusky; the outside 

 feather on each side white, with a dark shaft ; the 

 two or three next feathers are slightly tipped with 

 white ; throat white ; breast and helly white, tinged 

 with peach colour ; legs pale brown ; toes and claws 

 darker brown. 



A young bird of the year, shot in July, had the 

 iris lightish grey ; the ridge of the upper mandible 

 darkish horn-colour ; the rest of the beak pale grey ; 

 head and neck olive-brown, darkest on the top of the 

 head ; rest of the upper parts tinged with grey ; the 

 white on the outside tail-feathers not so pure as in 

 the adult ; breast and flanks pale yellowish brown ; 

 legs, toes and claws grey : all the rest as in the 

 adult. 



The egg of the Whitethroat has a dirty white 

 ground, with a distinct tinge of green in it, minutely 

 speckled, particularly at the broader end, with dusky; 

 but the eggs vary a good deal : sometimes (as in one 

 of Hewitson's plates) they are much blotched and 

 smeared with a darker shade of green : they vary also 

 in size. 



LESSER WHITETHROAT, Curruca sylvieUa. The 

 Lesser Whitethroat is a much rarer bird than the 

 last, and very seldom met with in these parts. 

 I have one in my collection shot by myself here, 

 and Mr. Haddon has one also, shot near Taunton. 

 It is a summer visitor, arriving in and departing 



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