MABMOBA'S WAEBLEB. 



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INSECTIVOR^. 



Famihj SYLVIID^. 



Genus Sylvia. (Latham.) 



MARMOEA'S WARBLEE. 



Sylvia sarda. 



Sylvia sarda, 



sardonia, 

 Melizophilus sarda, 

 Pyropthahna sarda, 

 Fauvette sarde, 

 Sardinischer Sirauchsanger, 

 OccMocotto sardo. 



Marmora; Mem. della Acad, di Turin, 



1819. 

 Temminck; Man., 1820. 

 Bonaparte; Birds, 1838. 

 Keyserling and Blasius, 1840. 

 ScHiNz; 1840. 

 Schlegel; Revue, 1844. 

 Degland; 1844. 

 MiJHLE; 1856. 



ViEILLOT. 



Gerbe; Diet., 1848. 

 Bonaparte; Consp. Gen. Av. 

 Of the French. 

 Of the Germans. 

 Of Savi. 



Specific Characters. — Tail wedge-shaped; the outer feather, half an inch 

 the shortest, has a fine line upon its outer edge white; the rest of the 

 tail feathers unicolorous. General colour smoky brown. Length of adult 

 male sent me by M. Verreaux, five inches and three tenths; from carpus 

 to tip two inches and three tenths. Tail two inches; ta,rsus nine tenths of 

 an inch. 



This Warbler, tliougli supposed to occur in Africa, has at present 

 a known range limited to Sardinia, Sicily, and the south of France. 

 It is said by Miihle to breed near Palermo; and Thienemann says 



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