WARBLER. 89 



is white; legs pale yellow; all the tail feathers are round and broad 

 at the ends, not pointed, as in some of the Wrens. 



One supposed to be the female, was in Mr. Bullock's collection ; 

 tail cuneiform, the two middle feathers two inches long, the exterior 

 three quarters of an inch, all of them marked with a dusky spot near 

 the end, the tip pale, but not white ; the whole plumage too is paler 

 in colour. 



This species inhabits all the shrubby parts of the district about 

 Gibraltar, ever darting with vast alacrity among the bushes; when 

 disturbed, takes long flights, chirping all the way, with a remark- 

 ably loud and shrill note; at other times makes no noise whatever. 

 When in motion it erects the tail, and spreads it into a circle, which 

 appears very beautiful ; hence the propriety of the'name Fantail ; is 

 common about the stone quarries beyond the Spanish Lines, and is 

 found at Gibraltar the whole year. The nest and eggs are unknown. 

 It is probable, that it is also an inhabitant of India, as we have 

 found it represented among other drawings in the collection of Gen. 

 Hardwicke. If the same referred to in the JManuel, it is said to 

 make a funnel-shaped nest, among grass tufts, with small twigs, 

 mixed with some cottony substance, with a lining of the last material. 



78— MEDITERRANEAN WARBLER. 



Sylvia Mediterranea, Ind. Om. ii. 551. 



Motacilla Asilus, Gm. Lin. i. 996. S. 



— — ^— corpore ex fusco viridescente pectore ferrugineo, Hasselq. Voy. 1S6. 



Mediterranean Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 514. D. Id. Sup. ii. 244. Shaw's Zool. x. 693. 



THE bill in this bird is ferruginous, the upper mandible curved 

 at the tip ; general colour of the plumage greenish brown, beneath 

 ferruginous ; fore part of the breast fulvous ; beneath the shoulders, 

 and end of the wing coverts, inclining to ferruginous. 



Supposed to inhabit Spain, as one flew on board a ship in the 

 Mediterranean, near the shore. 



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