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LUSCININiE. 



1. C. fluviatilis (Meyer & Wolf.) Taschenb. i. p. 229., Gould, 

 B. of Eur. pi. 102. — Acroeephalus stagnatilis Naum. Descr. de 

 l'Egypte, Ois. t. 13. f. 3. 



2. C. locustetta (Penn.) Brit. Zool. i. p. 518., PL enl. 581. f. 3. 

 — Motacilla narvia Bodd. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 103.; Locustella 

 avicula Ray; L. Rayii Gould; Acroeephalus fluviatilis Naum.; 

 Type of Locustella Kaup (1829). 



3. C. certhiola (Pall.) Zoogr. i. p. 509., Werner, Iconog. Temm. 

 Man. t. 



4. C. babceeula (Vieill.) Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. 1. 121. f. l. — Cala- 

 moherpe loquax Boie. 



5. C. baiticula (Vieill.) Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 121. f. 2. — Sylvia 

 Isabella Boie. 



6. C. cantillans (Temm. & Sch.) Fauna Japon. t. 20. 



7. C. cantans (Temm. & Sch.J Fauna Japon. t. 19- 



8. C. cinnamomea (Rupp.) Faun. Abys. t. 42. f. 1. 



9. C. leucoptera (Rupp.) Syst. Uebers. t. 15. 



10. C. lanceolata (Temm.) Man. d'Orn. iii. p. 614. 



11. C. caligata (Licht.) Eversm. Reise, p. 128. — Motacilla sa- 

 licaria Pall, ; Type of Iduna Keys. 3j Bias. (1840). 



12. C. melanopogon (Temm.) PI. col. 245. f. 2., Gould, B. of 

 Eur. pi. iii. f. 2. — Type of Lusciniola G. R. Gray (1841). 



13. C. phragmitis (Bechst.) Naturg. Deutsch. iii. p. 635. — Mo- 

 tacilla schcenobanus Linn. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 110. ; Type of Ca- 

 lomodus Kaup (1829). 



14. C. aquatica (Lath.) Ind. Orn. p. 510. — Sylvia schcenobanus 

 Scop. ; S. salicaria Bechst. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 1 1 1 . f. 1 . ; S. palu- 

 dicola Vieill. Descr. de l'Egypte, t. 13. f. 4. 



15. C. cariceti (Naum.) Vog. Deutsch. iii. p. 668. Gould, B. of 

 Eur. pi. 



16. C. cetti (Marm.) Mem. della Acad, de Torino xxv. p. 254., 

 PI. enl. 655. f. 2 Cettia altisonans Pr. Bonap. ; Sylvia platura et 



S. fulvescens Vieill. Pr. Bonap. Faun. Ital. t. 29. f. 3., Gould, B. 

 of Eur. pi. 114. ; Type of Cettia Pr. Bonap. (1838). 



17. ? C. sericea (Natt.) Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 197., Gould, 

 B. of Eur.pl. 115. 



18. C. luscinioides (Savi), Orn. Tasc. i. p. 270. — Pseudo-lusci- 

 nia Savii Pr. Bonap. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 104., Pr. Bonap. Fauna 

 Italica, t, 30. f. 2.; Type of Pseudo-luscinia Pr. Bonap. (1838). 



19. C. arundinacea (Linn.) PI. enl. 513. — Sylvia turdoides 

 Meyer; Acroeephalus lacustris Naum.; Agrobates brunnescens 

 Jerdon, Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 106. ; Salicaria turdina Schl. ; Turdus 

 junco Pall. 



20. C. olivetorum (Strickl.) Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 109. 



21. C. elaica (Linderm.) Isis, 1843, p. 342. — Ficedula ambigua 

 V. Homeyer. 



22. C. strepera (Vieill.) — Sylvia arundinacea Lath. Gould, B. 

 of Eur. pi. 109., Pr. Bonap. Fauna Italica, t. 29. f. 2., Sylvia mon- 

 tana Jerd. ? 



23. C. affinis (Hodgs.) Cat. Specim. Mam. and Birds, Brit. Mus. 

 App. p. 151 Dumeticola thoracica Bl. 



24. C. palustris (Bechst.) Nat. Deutsch. iii. p. 639., Pr. Bonap. 

 Fauna Ital. t. 30. f. 1., Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 109. 



25. ? C. pallida (Ehrenb.) Keys. & Bl. Wirbelth. Europ. p. 54. 



26. C. languida (Ehrenb.) Keys. & Bl. Wirbelth. Europ. p. 54. 



27. C. rufescens (Keys. & Bl.) Wirbelth. Europ. p. 54. 



28. C. longirostris (Gould), B. of Austr. pi. 



29. C. australis (Gould), B. of Austr. pi. — Sylvia arundinacea 

 Lewin, B. of N. H. pi. 1 8. 



30. C. montana (Horsf.) Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 156. 



31. C. ? rama (Sykes), Proc. Z. S. 1832. p. 89. 



32. C. luteoventris (Horsf.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. p. 30. — 

 Type of Tribura Hodgs. (1845). 



38. C. agricola (Jerd.) Madr. Journ. Lit. & Sci. 1844. p. 131. 



Luscinia Linn.* 



Bill short and straight, with the culmen slightly curved, and the sides compressed towards the tip, 

 which is emarginated ; the gonys long and ascending ; the gape not furnished with bristles ; the nostrils 

 basal, pierced in a short, broad, membranous groove, with the opening rounded and exposed. Wings 

 moderate, with the first quill one third the length of the second, and the third the longest. Tail 

 moderate, and rather rounded on the sides. Tarsi lengthened, strong, and covered in front by an 

 entire scale. r Toes very long, and slender ; with the inner toe shorter than the outer, the latter united 

 at its base ; the hind toe long, and armed with a long curved claw. 



These migratory birds inhabit the Old World ; frequenting woods, coppices, close thickets, and hedges, at particular 

 seasons, and from their shyness and caution remaining closely concealed among the foliage. Their food consists of 

 insects and their larvaa, as well as small soft berries and fruits. At the commencement of summer the unrivalled 

 song of the nightingale may be heard in all its richness and beauty, especially about midnight ; but towards the end of 

 summer the song is changed to a single, low, croaking note. The nest is formed upon the ground, and is composed of 

 withered leaves, lined with fine dry grass. The female deposits four to six eggs. 



* Established by Linnaeus in 1738. Curruca of Bechstein (1802), Daulias of M. Boie (1831), Philomela of Mr. Selby (1833), and 

 Lusciola of Count Keyserling and Dr. Blasius are coequal. 



