WARBLER. 89 



crown, hindhead, cheeks, and on the ears, black ; throat, neck before, 

 and middle of the belly, white ; nape, back, sides of the belly, and 

 wing coverts, deep grey ; wings and taU dusky; the outer feather 

 white on the outer web and tip; on the second a white spot; legs 

 brown. The female has those parts about fhe head, which are black 

 in the male, only dusky ash-colour; beneath the body as in the 

 male, but more dilute ; the bare space about the eyes the same as in 

 the male. 



M. Cetti merely says, the male is greenish ash above, and grey 

 beneath ; the crown black, with a red band over the eyes ; and the 

 female lead-colour, with a rufous crown. From this latter descrip- 

 tion these two appear more like the two sexes of the Black-cap ; but 

 we are assured by M. Temminck, that this is a distinct species, found 

 in the south of Europe, Spain, about Algesiras, and near Gibraltar ; 

 that it feeds on insects and their larvae, and sometimes small berries ; 

 makes the nest in the bushes, and lays four or .five yellowish white 

 eggs, sprinkled nearly all over with deeper yellow dots. 



30.— MARMORA WARBLER, 



Sylvia Sarda, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 204. 



THIS is five inches long, and has the bill more slender than the 

 last. Crown, cheeks, and fore part of the neck, .dusky ash^colour, 

 deepest on the forehead, and about the eyes ; back and rump dusky 

 ash ; nape, sides of the neck, breast, and flanks paler in colour, 

 inclining to rufous on the thighs ; middle of the belly white, tinged 

 with vinaceous ; wings and tail dusky ; the outer tail feather fringed 

 with white ; orbits surrounded with a naked skin of a vermilion- 

 colour; legs yellowish. 



The female has in general the plumage lighter in colour, and 

 only dusky ash between the bill and eye. 



