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SAVI'S WARBLER. 



Salicaria luscinoides, Hewitson, Eggs of British Birds, 2nd Ed., 



vol. i, pp. 89*-90*, pi. 25* (egg), 1846 ; id., id., 3rd Ed., 



vol. i, pp. 115-116, pi. 31, fig. 2 (egg), 1856. 

 Lusciniopsis luscinioides, Gould, Birds of Great Britain, vol. ii, 



2 pp., pi. 77 (coloured figures of adults and nesfc), 1866. 

 Acrocephalus luscinioides, Yarrell, British Birds, 4th Ed., vol. i, 



edited by Newton, pp. 389-397 (woodcuts of adult and nest), 



1873 ; Lilford, Coloured Figures, vol. iii, p. 46, pi. 23 (coloured 



figure of adult), 1886. 

 Locustella luscinioides, Dresser, Birds of Europe, vol. ii, pp. 627- 



632, pi. 93 (coloured figure of adult and nestling), 1875; 



Seebohm, British Birds, vol. i, pp. 346-349, pi. 10, fig. 20, 



1883; Saunders, Manual of British Birds, 2nd Ed., pp. 91- 



92 (woodcut), 1898. 



Dutch, Nachtigaal-Bietmnger ; French, Fauvette des Sanies; German, 

 Weidenrohr scinger ; Hungarian, Deli hddifulemile ; Italian, Salciajola 

 Pagliarol. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUMAGE. 



Adult Male in Spring,— All the upper parts are uniform 

 olive brown. There is a distinct superciliary stripe, the lores 

 are smoky grey, and the sides of the head are the same colour 

 as the upper parts, but rather lighter. The shafts of the ear- 

 coverts are cream colour. The night and tail feathers are 

 brownish, the latter being marked by faint transverse bars. 

 The throat and abdomen are white, the rest of the under- 

 parts together with the long under tail-coverts being pale 

 rusty brown, the latter having greyish white tips. The 

 underside of the tail is greyish brown, the axillaries pale 

 chocolate colour, and the underside of the flight-feathers light 

 greyish brown. The upper mandible is dark horn brown, 



