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VEKTE13RATA. 



phraijmiti.i, four mid tlirco-qiiartcr inches long; rcdUisIi-hrown above; buff below ; noted for 

 singing Jit night, and imitating the notes of other birds; Savi's Warulek, aS'. lancinoidcs^Uva and 

 a halt' inches long; reddish-brown above; pale brown beneath; a rare species in Southern P2u- 

 ropo. The Kkki)-\Vau»lkr, S. arundiiiacca, five and a half inches long; pale brown above; pale 

 fj^Pf^; •=» l^^iff below ; has a pleasing and 



/J'w^^; ijdf-. vai-ied song, sometimes repeated 



^' ■• ^■"'•- - ;it night, and is noted for mak- 



ing its nest upon several branch- 

 es of reeds rising out of the 

 water, this being formed by 

 winding long grass horizontally 

 round and round, with a mix- 

 ture of wool and small reed- 

 branches, the whole being: lined 

 with fine grass and long hairs ; 

 found in Middle and Southern 

 Europe; the Eufous Sedge- 

 Warbler, S. ffalactofcs, is seven 

 inches long ; fawn-color above ; 

 delicate fawn beneath ; found 

 in Southern Europe. 



THE UEED-WARBLER. ^^^^^^ CURRUCA '. CuTTUCa. 



— This includes the Black-Cap Warbler, C. atrknpilla, five and three-quarter inches lonir; 



the head black ; body ash-brown 

 above ; white beneath ; inferior only 

 to the nightingale in the quality of 

 its song ; found throughout Europe : 

 the Garden-Warbler or Greater 

 Prettychaps, C.horlcnsis, six inches 

 long; brown above ; brownish-white 

 beneath ; and noted for its wild and 

 rapid but mellow song; found through- 

 out Europe : the Common White- 

 TiiROAT, C. cinerea, five and a half 

 inches long; reddish-brown above; 

 beneath pale brownish-white, tinged 

 with rose ; a numerous and common 

 species throughout Europe : the Less- 

 er White-Throat, C. sijlviella, five 

 and a quarter inches long ; smoke- 

 gray above ; beneath white, tinged 

 with red; found throughout Europe : 

 the Orpheus Warbler, C. Oiyhca, 

 six and a half inches long; ashy-gray 

 above ; beneath white, tinged with 

 gray. 



Genus MELIZOPIIILUS : MeUzo- 

 philus. — This includes the Dartford 

 Warbler, Furzelino, or Furze- 

 Wren, J/. Darffordicnsis, named 

 from being found near Dartford, in 

 England; five inches long; found in 



THE GOLDEN-CRESTED REGULTIS. 



Southern Europe ; a permanent resident in England, France, &c 



