300 SYLVIAD A. 
INSESSORES., SYLVIADE. 
DENTIROSTRES. 
THE NIGHTINGALE. 
Philomela luscinia. 
Sylvia luscinia, The Nightingale, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 494. 
Motacilla, 55 op Monragu, Ornith. Dict. 
“3 fs 55 Berwick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 236. 
Curruca 59 5 Fem. Brit. An. p. 69. 
Philomela s SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 206. 
Sylvia By s Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p- 107. 
Philomela ,, ss GovuLp, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 
Sylvia »  Bec-fin Rossignol, Temm. Man. d‘Ornith. vol. i p. 195. 
PHILOMELA. Generic characters. — Bill moderate, straight, upper ridge 
rounded ; the tip of the upper mandible slightly deflected and emarginated. 
Nostrils basal, lateral, round, pierced in a membrane. Wings of moderate size ; 
the first quill very short, the second equal in length to the fifth, the third the 
longest in the wing. Tail slightly rounded. Legs long; toes of moderate 
length ; claws rather short. 
