SYLVIAD.E. c 231 



A. Capite cristate A. Head crested. 



Sp. I. Re. vulgaris. Steph. v. x. p. 758. pi. 59. — Britain and 

 other parts of Europe. 



Sp. 2. Re. Calendulus. Steph. v. x.p. 760. — North America. 



B. Capite hand cristato. B. Head not crested. 



Sp. 3. Re? Trochylus. Cuvier. 



Sylvia Trochilus. Steph. v. x. p. 742. — Britain and other 

 parts of Europe. 



Sp. 4. Re ? hypolais. 



Sylvia hypolais. Steph. v. x. p. 746. — Britain and. other parts 

 of Europe. 



Sp. 5. Re? Sylvicolus. 



Sylvia Sylvicola. Steph. v. x. p. 74S.pl. 57. — Sylvia Sibilatrix. 

 Temm. PL Col. 245. f. 3. — Britain and other parts of Europe, 



Sp. 6. Re? Nattererii. 



Re? cinereo-fuscus,&ubtusalbus; dorsoolivaceo; alis caudaque ni- 

 gricante-cinereis ; peyinarum marginibus viridesccntibus ; supra 

 oculos striga lata alba. 



Ashy-brown Gold-crest? beneath white; with the back oliva- 

 ceous ; the wings and tail dusky-ash ; the edges of the feathers 

 greenish ; above the eyes a broad white stripe. 



Sylvia Nattererii. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. i. 227- — Temm. 

 PI. Col. 24. f. 3.— Natterer's Warbler. Lath. Gen. Hist, v . vii. 

 p. 40. 



Inhabits Southern Europe. Length four inches 

 and a quarter : beak brown, the lower mandible white : 

 crown and nape ashy-brown : back and lesser wing- 

 coverts the same, with an olive tinge : over the eyes 

 a broad white streak : all the under parts clear white : 

 quills and tail dusky-ash, with the edges of the fea- 

 thers greenish : legs deep ash. The female differs 

 in being of a paler cast. 



