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INSECTIVORJi:. 
Family SYLVIADJE. 
Genus Sylvia, f Latham. J 
Section III. — PHILACANTH^. Geasmucken. 
Hedge Warblers, {MvMei) SYLVAINS, {Temminch.') 
BARRED WARBLER. 
Sylvia nisoria. 
Sylvia nisoria, 
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Nisoria undata, 
Curriica undata , 
JBec-fin raye, or 
Fauvette eperviere, 
Sperber Grasmucke, 
Celega padovana, 
Bechstein. Meyer and Wolff. 
TeMMINCK. VlEILLOT. COVIEE. 
Keyseeling and Blasius. 
ScHINZ. ScHLEGEL. DeGLAND. 
Bonaparte. Nattmann. 
Geebe; Diet., 1848. 
Of the French. 
German. 
Savi. 
Specific Characters. — Secondaries fringed with light grey; the 
middle tail quills and under coverts broadly bordered with white; 
the lateral tail quills with a white spot at the extremities and 
inner borders. Length of adult female from M. Verreaux, which 
is figured, seven inches; carpus to tip three inches and a half; 
tail two inches and a half; tarsus one inch. 
This is one of the largest species of European 
SylviadcB. It inhabits particularly the north and 
