528 WHITE-THROAT WARBLER. Class H. 



18. White- Sylvia cinerea. y3. S. supra Fauvette grise ou la Grisette, 



THROAT. rufo-cinerea, subtus rufo-al- Hist. dois. 132. PL Enl. 



ba, gula alba, rectrice extima 579- f- 3. 



extus toto intus dimidiato Motacilla Sylvia? Gm. Lin. 



alba. Lath. Ind. orn, 515. QSS. 



zcZ. (Si/w. iv. p. 428. 19. Kogsnetter, Mesar. Faun, 



Wil. orn. 236. Suec. sp. 250. 



Raii Syn. av. 77. Br. Zool. 104. plate S. f. 4. 



La Mesange cendree, Parus Arct. ZooL ii, 118. 



cinereus. Brisson av. iii. 



549. 



XHIS frequents our gardens in the summer 

 time ; in the winter it leaves us. It builds in 

 low bushes near the ground, making its nest 

 externally of the tender stalks of herbs and 

 dry straw, the middle part of fine bents and 

 soft grass, the inside of hair. It lays five eggs 

 of a whitish green color, sprinkled with black 

 spots.* Its note is continually repeated, often 

 attended with odd gesticulations of the wings, 

 and is harsh and displeasing ; it is a shy and 

 wild bird, avoiding the haunt of man ; seems of 

 a pugnacious disposition, singing with an erect- 

 ed crest, and in attitudes of defiance. 

 Descrip- The head of this bird is of a brownish ash- 

 color ; the throat white ; the breast and belly 

 white tinged with red ; (in the female wholly 



TION. 



* TFil. orn. 



