96 TUKDID^. 



Luscinia luscinia. E-vsteen Nightingale 

 or Sprossee. 



Motacilla luscinia Lhmmus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 184 : 



Sweden. 



Erithacus philomela (JBechst.) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. 



1881, p. 295. 

 Luscinia luscinia {Linn.) ■ Clarke, Scottish Nat. 1912, p. 9. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor. It has 

 occurred at Fair Isle, Shetlands^ May 1911, and in Kent, 

 Oct. 1904, but the latter has not been considered a satisfactory 

 record. 



General Distribution. — The Sprosser breeds in southern 

 and central Sweden and southern Finland, Denmark, in 

 northern Germany along the shores of the Baltic, in north- 

 east Germany, Galicia, Transylvania, Roumania, Russia, and 

 south-western Siberia to the Altai Mountains. It winters 

 in east Africa, and occurs occasionally in western Europe. 



Genus CYANOSYLVIA C. L. Brehm, Isis, 1828, p. 920. 

 Type : C. suecica (Linn.). 



Cyanosylvia is a hybrid word from Kvavos=3, dark blue substance, and 

 iylva a wood. 



Cyanosylvia suecica. Red-spotted Bluetheoat. 



Motacilla svecica Linnmits, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 187: 



Sweden. 



Erithacus cseruleculus {^Pallas') ; SeeboJim, Cat. Birds B. M. v. 



1881, p. 308. 

 Cyanecula suecica {Linn.) ; B. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 10. 

 Cyanecula suecia (Linn.) ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, 

 p. 35. 

 Suecica = Swedish. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Bird of Passage on 

 the eastern coast, but in small numbers, and hence often 



