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«nd for some way whitish : hind claws very long and 

 crooked. Female paler. 



Sp. 20. Cu. Cisticola. 



Cu ? rufo^fusca nigricaute metadata ; dorso hifimo uropygioque 



bnmaculatis ; hvfra rufo-alba ; caudd breve, pennis lateralities 



versus apicem maculd nigra, apice ipso cinereo. 

 Red-brown Whitethroat spotted with dusky ; the lower part of 



the back and the rump immaculate ; beneath red-white, the 



tail short ; its lateral feathers with a black spot towards the 



tip ; the tip itself ash-coloured. 

 Sylvia Cisticola. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. i. 228.— Temm. 



PI. Col. 6./. 3. 



Inhabits Southern Europe. Length above four 

 inches : the male has the top of the head, the nape, 

 the back, and wing-coverts of a reddish-brown, with 

 the middle of each feather dusky, giving a spotted 

 appearance : the lower part of the back and the rump 

 are unspotted reddish-brown : all the under parts are 

 uniform reddish-white ; the sides being rather the 

 deepest : the tail is short, even ; its feathers are 

 dusky-brown, edged with reddish : all the lateral fea- 

 thers have a large black spot toward the tip, which is 

 pure ash : the beak and legs are clear brown. The 

 female differs in having; the colours less brilliant. 



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Sp. 21. Cu. Locustella. 



Sylvia Locustella. Steph. v. x.p. 595. — Britain. 

 Sp. 22. Cu. fluviatilis. 

 Cu. supra, olivacea Jusca umbrata; guld alb A maculis longitudi- 



nalibus olivaceis sparsd ; ventris medio alboj caudd cuneatd; 



ungue postico elongato, adunco. 

 Whitethroat above olive shaded with brown ; with the throat white 



longitudinally sprinkled with olive ; the middle of the belly 



white ; the tail wedged ; the hind claw elongated and hooked. 



