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white;) the back inclines to red; the lesser 

 coverts of the wings are of a pale brown; the 

 greater dusky, edged with tawny brown ; the 

 quil feathers dusky, edged with reddish brown ; 

 the tail the same, except the upper part of the 

 interior side and whole exterior side of the out- 

 most feather, which are white ; the legs are of 

 a yellowish brown. 



Sylvia Sylviella. S. cinereo- Lath. Ind. orn. 515. id. ig. Lesses. 



fusca, subtus sordide alba. Sup. i. 185. t. 113. id. Sup. Whxte- 



rectricibus duabus interme- il. 23Q. 



THROAT. 



diis brevioribus subulatis. 



[THE crown and upper part of the body are Descrip- 

 of a pale cinereous brown ; from the chin to the 

 vent of a dull white ; the tail long, very slightly 

 forked, of the same color with the back ; rather 

 less than the preceding species. The female 

 does not differ in plumage from the male. 



It appears in May and June about Bid- 

 strode, in Buckinghamshire ; builds in brambles 

 and small bushes : the nest is composed of dry 

 bents mixed with wool, and lined with finer 

 bents and a few hairs. The eggs are white, 

 dotted with brown, and marked with irregular 

 blotches of a paler brown. It was first noticed 

 by the reverend John Lightfoot. 



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