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SYLVIA KUEPPELLI. 



(RUPPELL'S WARBLER.) 



Sylvia rwpellii, Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 129 (1835). 



Sylvia capistrata, Riipp. Mus. Senk. t. ii. p. 181 (1837). 



Curruca ruppelli, Bp. Comp. List, p. 14. no. 110 (1838). 



"Sylvia melandiros, Linderm.," Kriiper, Journ. fiir Orn. 1861, p. 279. 



Figurce notabiles. 



Temminck, PI. Col. 245. fig. 1 ; Riippell, Atlas, taf. 19; Werner, Atlas, Insectivores, Suppl. 

 pi. 2; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 122; Bree, B. of Eur. ii. pi. to p. 26; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. 

 taf. 21. fig. 1. 



6 ad. capite summo, loris et regione oculari, gula, et gutture nigris, stria, mystacali conspicua alba : nucha, 

 dorso cum scapularibus, uropygio et supracaudalibus plmnbescenti-cinereis : remigibus nigricantibus, 

 primariis vis, secuudariis et tectricibus alarum conspicue albicante marginatis : rectrice extima (basi 

 excepta) alba, secunda in pogonio interno macula magna apicata, reliquis nigris vix griseo adumbratis, 

 tertia. et quarta, niacukx obsoleta apicatis : peetore et corpore imo subtiis albis vix rosaceo lavatis : 

 hypochondriis et subcaudalibus dilute plumbescenti-cinereis : rostro nigricanti-brunneo, mandibula ad 

 basin flavicante : iride fusca : pedibus pallide brunneis. 



2 ad. mari similis, sed pileo brunnescenti-cinereo vix nigro notato : gula, gutture et corpore subtiis albis, 

 hypochondriis et peetore brunnescente cinereo lavatis : corpore supra, alis et cauda sordidioribus et 

 brunnescentioribus quam in mare. 



Adult Male (Smyrna, 24th March) . Crown, lores, and region round the eye jet-black ; nape, back, scapulars, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts bright blue-grey ; wings blackish brown, the primaries narrowly and the 

 secondaries and wing-coverts broadly margined with whitish, outermost tail-feather on each side white, 

 with an oblique blackish mark on the base of the inner web, the second blackish, with a large terminal 

 white patch on the inner web, and a narrow white tip to the outer web ; remaining feathers black, with 

 a greyish tinge, the third having a triangular apical white mark; chin and entire throat jet-black; from 

 the base of the lower mandible, extending backwards some distance, is a pure white streak; sides of the 

 neck similar to the back, rest of the underparts white, with a faint rosy tinge, the flanks being washed 

 with blue-grey ; bill blackish brown, yellowish at the base of the under mandible ; iris dark brown ; 

 legs pale brown. Total length about 52 inches, culmen - 58, wing 2 - 75, tail 2'58, tarsus OS. 



Adult Female (Smyrna, 7th April). Differs from the male in lacking all black on the head and throat, and 

 in being generally duller and browner in colour ; crown greyish brown, some of the feathers blackish at 

 the base; back greyish brown; wings and tail duller and browner than in the male; throat and entire 

 underparts white, on the flanks, and to a slight extent on the breast, washed with brownish grey. 



Young Male of the year (Smyrna, 12th July). Resembles the adult female, but the upper parts are somc- 



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