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INSECTIVOILE. 
Family S YL VIA D^. 
Genus Sylvia, f Latham.) 
AQUATIC WARBLER. 
Sylvia aquatica. 
Motacilla aquatica, 
Sylvia aquatica, 
ii (t 
6( i( 
6( 6( 
“ salicaria, 
“ paludicola, 
Calamodyta sclicenohcenus, 
et Cariceti, 
Calamodyta aquatica, 
Salicaria aquatica, 
(( (t 
(( te 
Riverain aquatique, 
Seggen Rolirscmger, 
Gmeltn; Syst., vol. i., p. 953. 
Latham; Ind,, 1790, vol. ii., 
p. 510. 
Temminck; Man., 1820. 
ScHiNZ; Europ. Faun., 1840. 
Muule, 1856. 
Meyee and Wolff, 1810. 
ViEILLOT; Diet., 1817. 
Bonaparte, 1838. Geebe; 
Diet., 1848. 
Degland, 1849. 
Keyseeling & Blasius, 1840. 
ScHLEGEL, 1844. 
Gould; B. of E. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Specific Characters. — A large band of yellovvisli white or yellow 
over the eyes; on the head two large longitudinal black bands, 
separated by a reddish yellow band; the under tail coverts and 
the rump marked with oblong blackish spots; tarsi flesh-colour. 
Length of a male specimen sent me M. E. Verreaux, four 
inches and four tenths ; carpus to tip two inches and a half ; tarsus 
six tenths of an inch. 
