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Family S YL 7 "I A DjF. 
Genus Sylvia. (Latham.) 
SARDINIAN WARBLER 
Sylvia m elauoceph ala. 
Sylvia melanocepliala, 
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Motacilla melanocepliala, 
Sylvia ruscicola, 
Curruca melanocepliala, 
ft ii 
Pyroplithalma melanocepliala. 
Bee fin melanocepliale, or 
Fauvette des f rayons, 
Schivarzlcdpfiger Slrauch-sanger, 
Occhiocotto, 
Latuam; 1790. 
Temminck; Man., 1820. 
Bonapaete; (B. of E.,) 1838. 
Keyserling and Blasius; 
1840. 
ScHiNZ; Europ. Eaun., 1840. 
Schlegel; Eevue, 1844. 
Degland ; 1844. 
MiiHLE; 1856. 
Gmelin; Syst., 1788. 
VlEILLOT; Diet., 1817. 
Lesson; Ornith., 1831. 
Z. Gerbe; 1848. 
Bonaparte; Consp. Gen. Ay. 
Or the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Of the Italians. 
Specific Characters. — Throat white; head black in the male, 
greyish black in the female ; the secondary quills fringed with russet 
grey; the two external tail quills white on the outer side, with a 
