BIRDS. PASSERES. 24. Sylvia. U 



Black-cap. Lewin. t. 100. Walcot t. 234. 



Length 6 inches : extent 10 inches : weight half an ounce. 

 Bill brown : iris dark hazel: cheeks and neck greyish-brown : chin 

 whitish : quill and tail-feathers dusky, with a greenish-brown mar- 

 gin : belly and vent whitish : legs lead-colour. 



lilO. S. arundinacea. Above olive-brown, beneath yel- 

 lowish-white : lores aud orbits whitish-brown : wings 

 with a tawny-yellow band in the middle underneath : 

 tail brown, somewhat wedge-form, 



Heed Wren. Lewin t, 113. Gent. Mag. Vol. 55.. t. p. 640,, 



Length hardly 5 inches and a half: weight 3 drachms. 

 Bill dusky above,, yellowish beneath, broad at the bafe xiris hazel : 

 sides inclining to rufous-brown : from-the bill to the eye a lightish 

 streak : quill and tail-feathers dusky, with olive-brown margins: 

 legs dusky : foles greenish-yellow. . 



1J1. S. modularis. Above grey-brown, with dusky spots: 

 wing-coverts greyish at the tips: throat and breast 

 bluish- grey. 



Hedge Sparrow, Lewin t. 103. Albin 1. t. 59. Walcot t. 232. 



Length finches and a half: extent near 9 : weight 6 drachms 

 Bill dusky: iris hazel: chin and sides of the neck greyish: quill 

 and tail-feathers dusky., with dull rufous mar-gins : belly dirty white: 

 legs dull flesh-colour. 



112. S. Phcenicurus. Front white : chin and throat black: 

 head and back bluish-grey : breast, rump, and tail 

 rufous. 



Redstart. Lewin 1. 104. Donovan t. 82. Walcot t. 233. 



Length 6 inches : extent 9 and a half: weight near 4 drachms. 

 Bill black : iris dark hazel : cheeks black : sides rufous : quills 

 brown with pale edges : vent whitish : 2 middle tail-feathers bi rown, 

 with a rufous margin: legs blackish. Female^ chin : whitish, and 

 the rufous colour lefs bright. 



113. S. cinerea. var. Above brown-grey, with a rufous 

 shade; beneath white, with a reddish tinge : outmost 

 tail-feathers entirely white on the outer- web, and 

 halfway down the inner. 



White-throat. Lewin t. 105. Albin t. 58. Walcot t. 235. 



Length near 6 inches : extent near 9.: weight about 4 drachms. 

 Bill dusky, whitish beneath : iris hazel : wing-coverts dark-brown, 

 with a dull rufous margin : quills dusky, edged with grey-brown ; 

 throat white : breast and belly with often a rofy tinge : tail dusky : 

 legs pale brown, 



114. S. Sylciella. Head and rump grey : back, wings and 

 tail grey-brown : beneath dirty white ; 2 middle tail- 

 feathers shorter and subulate. 



Lesser White-throat. Lewin 1. 106. Donovan t. 86. 



Length 5 inches and a quarter : weight 3 draebms and a quarter. 

 Bill dusky : iris yellowish : quill and tail-feathers darker than the 

 back, with a grey edge ; the outer-feather of the latter white on 

 the outer-web, and more than half of the inner : from the chin to 

 the vent pure white : legs brown lead-colour. 



115. S. Locustella. Olive-brown with dusky spots; be- 

 neath yellowish-white, darker on the breast; tail 

 wedge-shaped, with pointed feathers. 



Grasshopper Warbler. Lewin t. 98. Br. Zeol.fol. t. (?.f. 5. 



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

 Bill dusky above, pale beneath : iris hazel : from the bill to the 

 eyes a yellowish streak : breast and sides inclining to brown, with a 



