5 

 GARDEN WARBLER. 



Sylyia hortensis, Meyer, British Birds, Folio Ed., vol i, pi. 64 (coloured 

 figure of adult and egg) [1835-43] ; Macgillivray, British Birds, 

 vol. ii, pp. 345-349 (woodcut of head), 1839; Eewitson, Eggs of 

 British Birds, 3rd Ed., vol. i, pp. 128-129, pi. 34, figs. 3 and 4 (eggs), 

 1856; Seebohm, British Birds, vol. i, pp. 400-404, pi. 10, fig. 2 (egg), 

 1883 ; Lilford, Coloured Figures, vol. iii, p. 54, pi. 27 (coloured 

 figure of adult), 1886; Saunders, Manual of British Birds, 2nd Ed., 

 pp. 49-50 (woodcut), 1897. 



Curruca hortensis, Eewitson, British Oology, 1st Ed., vol. i, pi. 42, figs. 1 

 and 2 (eggs), 1833 ; Id., Eggs of British Birds, 2nd Ed., vol. i, p. 95, 

 pi. 27, fig. 3 (egg), 1846; Gould, Birds of Great Britain, vol. ii, 

 2 pp., pi. 62 (coloured figures of adults), 1865 ; Booth, Bough Notes, 

 vol. ii, p. 57, 1883. 



Sylvia salicaria, Yarrell, British Birds, 4th Ed., vol. i, edited by Newton, 

 pp. 414-417 (woodcut), 1873 ; Dresser, Birds of Europe, vol. ii, 

 pp. 429-433, pi. 67 (coloured figure of adult male), 1876. 



Danish, Eavesanger ; Dutch, Tuinfluiter ; French, Fauvette des Jardins ; 

 German, Garten- Grasmilcke ; Italian, Beccafico ; Hungarian, Kerti Poszata ; 

 Eussian, Travnik ; Spanish, Pinzoleta Piula ; Swedish, Edchsangare. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUMAGE. 



Adult Male in Spring. — The upper parts are uniform olive 

 brown, the wings and tail being slightly darker. The flight 

 and tail feathers are tipped with light brown, the innermost 

 secondaries being broadly edged with the same colour. The 

 lores are ashy grey, ear-coverts the same colour as the upper 

 parts though rather lighter, and the sides of the neck slightly 

 suffused with ash grey. The underparts and under tail-coverts 

 are whitish grey, whilst the upper breast and flanks are washed 

 with light olive. The underside of the tail is grey with white 

 shafts to the feathers, underside of the wing greyish and the 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries pale cinnamon buff. The 

 bill is horn brown, becoming more lead colour towards the 

 tip and bumsh flesh at the base of the lower mandible, the 

 mouth being flesh colour. Iris is dark brown. The feet are 



