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NIGHTINGALE. 



Class II. 



GENUS XXVII. WARBLER. 



Bill slender and weak. 

 Nostrils small and sunk. 

 Toe exterior, joined at the under part of the 

 last joint to the middle toe. 



I. Night- 

 ingale. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Sylvia Luscinia. S. rufo-cine- 

 rea subtus cinereo-alba, rec- 

 tricibus fusco-rufis, armillis 

 cinereis. Lath. hid. orn. 

 506. id. Syn. iv. 408. id. 

 Sup. i. 180. 



Le Rossignol. Belon av. 335. 



Adoni, Aidoni. Obs. 12. 



Luscinia. Gesner av. 5Q2. 



Aldr. av. ii. 336. 



Wil. orn. 220. 



Rati Syn. av. 78. 



Le Rossignol. Brisson av. iii. 

 397- Hist. (Tois. v. 81. PL 

 Enl. 615. f. 2. 



Slauz. Scopoli. No. 227- 

 Rusignulo. Zinan. 54. 

 Motacilla Luscinia Gm. Lin, 



950. 

 Nachtergahl. Faun. Suec. sp. 



244. 

 Hasselquist Iiin. Ter. Sanct. 



291. 

 Nattergale. Brunnich in ap- 

 pend. 

 Au-vogel , Auen - nachtigall . 



Kram. 376. 

 Nacbtigall. Frisch, i. 21. 

 Br. Zool 100. plate S. 1. f. 2. 



Arct. Zool. ii. 112. 



X HE nightingale takes its name from night, 

 and the Saxon word galan to sing; expressive 

 of the time of its melody. In size it is equal to 

 the sky lark, but longer bodied, and more ele- 

 gantly made. The colors are very plain. The 

 head and back are of a pale tawny, dashed with 



