508 



LESSER PETTY-CHAPS. Class II. 



6. Lesser Sylvia hippolais. S. virescente- 

 Petty- cinerea subtus flavescens, ab- 



domine argenteo, artubus 



fuscis, superciliis albidis. 



Lath. Ind. om. 507. id. 



Syn. iv. 413. id. Sup. ii. 



236. 

 Ficedula. Gesner 385. 

 Beccafigo, or Fig eater. Wil. 



om. 216. 

 Raii Syn. av. 79- 



La Fauvette, curruca. Brisson 



av. iii. 372. 

 Beccafico cinerizio. Zinan 44. 

 Motacilla Hippolais. Gm. 



Lin. 954. 

 Faun. Suec. sp. 248. 

 Braune grass-muck e, Kleiner 



spottvogel. Kram. 377- 

 Br. Zool. £9. Arct. Zool. ii. 



115. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



JL HIS species is inferior in size to the former. 

 The inside of the mouth is red : the head, neck, 

 back and wings are of an olivaceous ash-color ; 

 the quil feathers darker, edged with olive ; the 

 inner coverts of the wings yellow ; the breast 

 white, tinged with yellow ; the belly of a sil- 

 very white ; the tail dusky ; the legs bluish. 



[This is said to be one of the earliest of the 

 tribe, which comes to pass the warmer season 

 in England; it has been seen before the 20th of 

 March, and remains till the end of October. 

 Mr. Montagu informs us, that the nest is 

 of an oval form, with a small hole near the top, 

 that it is composed externally of dried leaves, 

 then of coarse grass, and that it is lined with 

 feathers and placed in a low bush or tuft of 



