Vlll. SYNOPSIS. 



Gen. 77. CINCLUS. Bill straight, compressed, round- 

 ed near the end; point of the upper mandible slightly 

 curved downwards upon the lower one: nostrils basal, 

 lateral, placed in a depression, longitudinally cleft, partly 

 covered by a membrane: head small and narrow: three 

 toes before and one behind: tarsus longer than the middle 

 toe; the lateral toes equal in length: first quill feather very 

 short, third and fourth longest. 



C. aquaticus, Bechst. - v. i, p. 134 



Gen. 18. SYLVIA. Bill slender, pointed, broader than 

 high at the base; tip of the upper mandible slightly emargi- 

 nated, and bending a little over the lower one, which is 

 straight: nostrils basal, lateral, oval, partly concealed by a 

 membrane : tarsus longer than the middle toe; outer toe joined 

 at the base to the middle one; hind claw bent and shorter 

 than the toe : first quill very short, sometimes almost abortive, 

 second shorter than the third, third and fourth longest, 



* Top of the head depressed: wings short, rounded: tail 

 long, often cuneiform. 



S. Locustella, Lath. - v. i, p. 138 



S. Phragmitis, Bechst. - v. i, p. 140 



S. arundinacea, Lath. t - v. i, p. 141 



S. luscinoides, Sam'. 



* Tail long and equal: bill straight, compressed at the point. 



S. Luscinia, Lath. v. i, p. 143 



S. Atricapilla, Lath. v. i, p. 146 



S. hortensis, Bechst. - v. i, p. 148 



S. cinerea, Lath, v. i, p. 150 



S. Curruca, Lath. v. i, p. 152 



S. provincialis, Temm.- v. i, p. 154 



S. Rubecula, Lath. v. i, p. 155 



S. Suecica, Lath. v. i, p. 159 

 S. Tithys, Scopoli. 



S. Phoeiicurus, Lath. - v. i, p. 161 



* * * Wings reaching to the middle of the tail, which is 

 slightly forked. 



S. sibilatrix, Bechst. - - - v. i, p. 163 



