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DAHLIAS PHILOMELA. 



(NORTHERN NIGHTINGALE.) 



Ficedula luscinia major, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 400 (1760). 



Le Grand Rossignol, Montb. Hist. Nat. Ois. v. p. 113 (1778). 



Motacilla luscinia major, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 950 (1788). 



Motacilla philomela, Bechst. Gemeinn. Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 536 (1795). 



Sylvia philomela, Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. i. p. 167 (1802). 



Curruca philomela (Bechst.), Koch, Baier. Zool. i. p. 154 (1816). 



Luscinia major, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 355 (1831). 



Luscinia philomela (Bechst.), op. cit. p. 356 (1831). 



Philomela magna, Blyth in Rennie's Field Nat. i. p. 307 (1833). 



"Philomela turdoides, Blyth," Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 117 (1837, nee Meyer). 



Lusciola philomela (Bechst.), Keys. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 58 (1840). 



Erithacus philomela (Bechst.), Degl. Orn. Eur. i. p. 501 (1849). 



Luscinia eximia, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 144 (1855). 



Luscinia hybrida, C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 145 (1855). 



Rossignol progne, Grand Rossignol, French; Rusignolo-forestiero, Italian; Sprosser, Auen- 

 nachtigall, German ; Nordlig Nattergal, Danish ; Nordliga ndktergal, Swedish ; SataMeli- 

 kerttu, Finnish ; Solovey, Russian. 



Figurce notabiles. 



Werner, Atlas, Insectiwres, pi. 32 ; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. taf. 22 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 22. 

 fig. 10 ; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 74. fig. 1 ; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 12. fig. 3 ; 

 Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 117. 



S ad. D. luscinia similis sed major, pectore indistincte guttato, remige extimo breviore et angustiore. 



2 ad. baud a mare distingueuda. 



Adult Male (near Steliag, Sweden, 16th May). Larger in size than Daulias luscinia, and less rufous in colour ; 

 breast marked with indistinct spots. Total length about 7 inches, culmen - 6, wing 3'6, tail 2 - 8, 

 tarsus 1*18; first primary very short and narrow, 0'4 shorter than the coverts, and 2'2 less than the 

 second, which is about 0"1 less than the third, which is the longest; fourth shorter than the second. 



Adult Female (Volga). Undistinguishable from the male. 



This, the "Sprosser" of the Germans, a species closely allied to our Nightingale, does not occur 

 in Great Britain, but is during the summer widely distributed on the continent of Europe, at 

 least as far east as the Ural, visiting Africa during winter; but it has a more northern and 

 eastern range than Daulias luscinia. 



