435 



SYLVIA NISOEIA. 



(BARRED WARBLER.) 



Motacilla nisoria, Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 580, pi. xvii. (1795). 



Sylvia nisoria, Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. i. p. 173 (1802). 



Curruca nisoria (Bechst.), Koch, Baier. Zool. i. p. 434 (1816). 



Adophonus nisorius, Kaup, Nat. Syst. p. 28 (1829). 



Curruca undata, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 414 (1831). 



Curruca undulata, C. L. Brehm, torn. cit. p. 415 (1831). 



Nisoria undata, Bp. Cornp. List, p. 15. no. Ill (1838). 



Adophoneus undatus (Br.), L. Brehm, Naumannia, 1855, p. 283. 



Adophoneus undulatus (Br.), L. Brehm, ut supra. 



Brostvattrad sdngare, Swedish ; Brystvatret Sanger, Danisli ; Sperbergrasmilcke, German ; 

 Fauvette eperviere, French ; Calega padovana, Bigia striata, Italian ; Slavka pestro- 

 grudaya, Russian. 



Figurce notabiles. 



Werner, Atlas, Insectivores, pi. 36 ; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. taf. xx., and suppl. taf. viii. ; Fritsch, 

 Vog. Eur. taf. 24. figs. 12-14 ; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 76. figs. 1, 2 ; Sundevall, 

 Sv. Fogl. taf. 13. figs. 3, 4. 



<J ad. corpore supra saturate cinereo vix brunneo tincto, uropygio clariore, plumis in dorso imo et uropygio et 

 scapularibus nonnullis albido apicatis et nigricante griseo versus apicem fasciatis : reniigibus saturate 

 brunneis, secundariis et tectricibus alarum versus apicem saturatioribus et conspicue albo terminatis : 

 rectricibus saturate cinereis, rectrice extima in pogonio externo vix albo marginata, in pogonio interno 

 versus apicem conspicue albo marginata, reliquis (duabus centralibus exceptis) in pogonio interno albido 

 terminatis : corpore subtiis albo, ubique saturate cinereo fasciato : capite laterali et hypochondriis 

 cinereo lavatis : rostro brunnescenti-corneo, mandibula ad basin flavicante : pedibus pallide brunneis : 

 iride flavS,. 



5 ad. mari similis, sed brunnescentior et corpore subtiis minus fasciato. 



Juv. corpore supra brunnescenti-griseo, subtiis albus nee fasciatus : bypocbondriis et pectore pallide brunnes- 

 cente cervino lavatis : remigibus et rectricibus brunnescentioribus quam in adulto, secundariis et 

 tectricibus alarum brunnescente albido margiuatis et apicatis. 



Adult Male in summer (Steliag, Sweden, 28th May). Upper parts dark ashy grey, with a brownisli tinge, 

 feathers on the rump clearer in colour, those on the lower part of the back, rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and some of the scapulars tipped with white, and having a subterminal blackish grey band ; quills 

 dark brown ; the secondaries and wing-coverts much darker towards the tip, and broadly tipped with 

 white; tail dark ashy, the outermost rectrix on each side narrowly bordered with white on the outer 



