172 PASSERES. SYLVIA. NIGHTINGALE. 
egos, of a greenish-white, blotched and spotted with brown 
and oil-green. Aquatic flies and their larvee form the food 
of this species. 
In Holland it is very abundant. It is also found in par- 
ticular districts of France and Germany; but is rare in the 
south of Europe. 
Pirate 45 * *, Fig. 3. natural size. 
Bill rather long, and dilated at the base ; pale-brown ; and 
from the corners of the mouth to the eyes runs a pale 
streak. Eyelids pale yellowish-white- The whole of 
the upper plumage oil-green, tinged with brown; the 
quills being margined paler. Throat, breast and belly 
yellowish-white, inclining to pale reddish-brown upon 
the breast and flanks. ‘Tail cuneated, and rather long. 
Legs long, dusky-brown; the hind toe strong, and arm- 
ed with a long hooked claw. 
SECTION II. SYLVAN WARBLERS. 
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS. 
Tail generally square, or slightly forked at the end. Are 
inhabitants of woods and thickets, feeding upon insects, fruits 
and berries. To this section belong our most melodious 
songsters. 
Nightingale.—Sylvia Luscinia, Lath. 
PLATE 46. Fig. 1. 
Sylvia luscinia, Bath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 506. sp. 1. 
Motacilla luscinia, Linn. Syst, 1. p. 328.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 950. sp. 1.— 
Raii, Syn. p. 78. A. 2.—Will. p. 161. t. 41.—Briss. 3. p. 397. 13. 
Le Rossignol, Buff: Ois. v. 5. p. 81. t. 6. f. 1.——d. Pl. Enl. 615. 
Bec-fin Rossignol, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 195. 
Nactigall, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 10. 221.—Frisch, Vog. t.21. f. 1. A. 
Nightingale, Br. Zool. 1. No. 154.—Arct. Zool. 2. p. 416. A.—Lewin’s Br. 
Birds, 3. t. 99.—Lath. Syn. 4. p. 408. 1.—/d. Supp. p. 180.—Mont. 
Ornith. Dict.—Jd. Sup.— Wale. Syn. 2. t. 229.—Pult. Cat. Dorset. p. 8.— 
Bewick’s Br. Birds, 1. p.t. .—Don. Br. Birds, t. 108. 
