44 BIRDS. PASSERES. 24. Sylvia. 



Grey Wagtail. Lewin t. 96. Donovan t. 40. 



Length near 8 inches : extent jo: weight about 5 draclims. 

 2fr& brown : iris dark hazel : cheeks dark grey : r//?'« and throat bu{i 

 in the winter becoming black in the fummcr : ruinp and vent rich 

 yellow: wing-coverts and quills blackish, with pale margins: mid- 

 dle tail-feathers dusky, with a yellow edge towards the bafe : legs 

 pale brown. 



104. M.flava. Above pale olive-green, beneath rich yel- 

 low : across the eyes an olive-green si ripe : 2 outer 

 tail-feathers obliquely white for more than half their 

 length. 



Yellow Wagtail. Br. Zool. t. ,55. Lewin t. 97. Donovan £.15. 



Length near 7 inches : extent 10 : weight about 5 drachms. 

 Bill black: iris hazel: over the eyes a yellow streak; throat, in 

 the fummer, with black fpots : quill-feathers dusky, with paler 

 edges: 2 outer tail-feathers obliquely black and white, the rest 

 dusky : legs blackish. Female lefs bright in the colours. 



24. SYLVIA. Warbler. 



105. S. Luscinia. Above reddish-brown, beneath pale 

 yellowish-ash : tail deei> tawny-red. 



Nightingale. Lewin iii. t. 99. Donovan i. 108. Walcot t. 229. 



Length 7 inches : extent 10 inches : weight 6 drachms. 

 Bill dusky : iris hazel : quills and coverts reddish-brown, with paler 

 margins : vent whitish : knees grey : legs long, light brown. 



106. S. hortensis. Above light olive-brown, beneath 

 dirty-white : from the bill over the eyes a whitish 

 streak : tail-feathers brown with a grey brown outer 

 margin, the outmost obliquely half white. 



Greater Pettichaps. Lewin t. 101. Walcot, t. 230. 



Length 6 inches : extent 9 inches : weight 5 drachms. 

 Bill dusky, the bafe of the lower mandible yellowish : iris hazel : 

 mouth red or yellow within : head darker than the back : quills 

 dark-brown with paler margins : belly and vent white : legs lead- 

 colour. 



107. S. Hippolais. Above greenish-brown : throat and 

 breast dirty yellowish white : breast and belly silvery 

 white : above and below the eyes a yellowish streak : 

 quill and tail-feathers dusky, with a dirty yellow 

 margin. 



Lefser Pettichaps. Lewin t. 102, Donov. i. 14. 



Length 5 inches : extent nearly 6 inches : weight near 3 drachms. 

 Bill dusky; iris hazel; chin whitish: lower wing-coverts yellow- 

 ish : legs dusky 

 2. Paler above : thighs brown : tail brown : eyebrows white. 



108. S. sylvicola. Yellow-green : throat and cheeks yel- 

 low : belly and vent pure white : from the bill over 

 the eye a bright brimstone streak. 



Wood Wren. Linn. Trans. 11. p. 245. tab. 24. 

 Length 5 inches and a quarter : weight near 3 drachms. 



Bill dusky: iris hazel : through the eyes a bright fulphur ftreak, 

 but not under them as in the laft : upper-part of the breaft yellow- 

 ish-white : quill-feathers dusky, edged on - the outer-webs with 

 yellow-green : tail-feathers dusky, edged with green on the outer- 

 webs except the firsthand with white on the inner: legs horn-colour. 



J 09. S. atricapilla. Crown black, of the female chesnut : 

 body above grey greenish-brown, of the female in- 

 clining to olive : beneath cinereous. 



