72 DAULIAS 



107. THRUSH NIGHTINGALE. 

 DAULIAS PHILOMELA. 



Daulias philomela (Bechst), Gemeinn. Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 536 

 (1795) ; (Naumann), ii. p. 362, Taf. 74, fig. 1 ; Dresser, ii. p. 269, 

 pi. 56, fig. 2 ; (Seebohm), Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 295 ; Philomela 

 turdoides, Gould B. of E. ii. pi. 117. 



Rusignuolo-foresteriero, Ital. ; S-prosser, German ; Natter gal, 

 Dan. ; Naktergcd, Swed. ; Satakielinen, Finn. ; Solovey, Russ. 



<$ ad. (Sweden). Differs from D. luscinia in being larger, less rufous 

 in colour, the breast marked with indistinct spots, and the first primary is 

 very short and narrow, 0'4 inch shorter than the coverts. Culmen 0'6, 

 wing 3'6, tail 2'8, tarsus 118 inch. Second quill equal to or longer than 

 the fourth, the third longest. 



Hob. Europe generally as far east as S.W. Siberia; Asia Minor, 

 and Turkestan ; in summer from the valley of the Rhine up to 

 southern Sweden, and wintering in Africa. It does not occur 

 in Norway or Great Britain. 



In general habits it resembles the common Nightingale, and 

 its song, though deeper and more powerful, is not quite so soft 

 and sweet as that of that species. Its call note is different and 

 resembles the syllables glock-arrr. It breeds in May or June, 

 placing its nest, which is well concealed, on the ground or on 

 an old stump. The nest is built of dead leaves and lined with 

 grass-bents and fine rootlets; 4 or 5 eggs, sometimes 6, are 

 usually deposited and are like those of D. luscinia, olive-brown 

 or greenish olivaceous, usually unspotted, but occasionally they 

 are marked with pale olive-brown dots chiefly round the larger 

 end. In size they vary from 0'8 by 0*62 to 0'9 by 0'65, and are 

 as a rule paler and more elongated than those of D. luscinia. 



108. PERSIAN NIGHTINGALE. 

 DAULIAS HAFIZI. 



Daulias Ao/ui (SevertzoflF), Turk. Jevot., p. 120 (1873) ; Blanf.,E. Persia, 

 ii. p. 169, pi. x, fig. 2 ; Dresser, ix. p. 49, pi. 645 ; Lusclola gokii, 

 Cab. J. f. 0. 1873, p. 79 ; (Seebohm), Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 297. 



Sololvei, Russ. ; fiulbul, Persian ; Sanduas, Tartar ; Sochak, 

 Armenian. 



<$ ad. (Lenkoran). Differs from D. luscinia in having a longer wing 

 and tail, in having the lores and a stripe over the eye dull white ; the rump, 



