4fc BIItDS. PASSERES. 24. Sylvia. 



few dark ftreaks : quills and tail dusky olive-brown with paler 

 outer margins : legs pale brown. 



1*16. S. sahcaria. Yellowish-brown with dusky spots, 

 beneath dirty, white : tail-coverts pale tawny: over 

 the eye a white stripe. 



Sedge Warbler. Lewin t. 107', Dono.v. t. 48., 

 2?///. black, paJe beneath: cheeks pale brown t over the eyebrows a 

 ' black stripe : breast and sides darker : quills and tail dusky, the 

 former edged with olive-brown: tail a little wedge-ibrm : legs 

 dusky., 



117. S. Dartfordiensis, Deep rufous-brown, beneath fer- 

 ruginous : belly white in the middle : iris and eyelids 

 red : legs yellow. 



Dartford Warbler. Lewin, 1. 108. Br. Zool. t. 56. Donovan, t. to. 

 Bill black, whitish at the bafe of the upper mandible « throat with a 

 few whitish fpots : cheeks dark grey : quills dusky, edged with dark 

 g re Y : fpurious 'voing white : ta//' wedge-form, brown, the outmoft 

 feathers white on the outer edge. 



118. -S. rubecula. Greyish-brown, belly white : front, chin 

 throat and breast deep orange. 



Red-breast - lewin t. 109. Donovan t, 123. Walcol. t. 238. 



Length 6 inches : extent of wings 9 inches. 

 Bill black : iris dark hazel : body above brownish-ash, with a tinge, 

 of green : wings darker, with paler margins : legs dusky. 



119. S. rubicola. Deep tawny spotted with black, beneath 

 dull rufous : throat black : sides of the neck and spot 

 on the wings white. 



Stone chat. Lewin t. 110. Donovan t. 92. Walcot. t. 239. 



lengtk 5 inches and a half: extent near 9 : weight half an ounce. 

 Bill black : iris dusky : head and throat, of the male black : each 

 side the neck a broad band of white : quill and tail-feathers dusky, 

 with tawny edges : rump, of the male, white : belly pale rufous : 

 vent whitish : legs black. 



120. S. Rubetra. Dull rufous spotted with black, throat 

 and breast ferruginous : over the eyes and from the 

 chin down the sides of the neck a white stripe : wings 

 with two white spots. 



Whin chat.. Lewin. t, 111. Donov. t. 60. Walcot. t. 240. 



Length 5 inches : extent 9 inches : weight 4 drachms and a half. 

 Bill black : iris hazel : cheeks black : quills dusky, with rufous 

 margins : tail blackish, white on the lower part except the 2 mid- 

 dle feathers : bel-ly said vent whitish, with a ferruginous tinge; 

 legs black. 



121. S. (Enanthe. Head and back bluish-grey: cheeks 

 black : over the eyes a dirty- white stripe : breast 

 and belly yellowish- white : rump and base of the 

 tail white. 



Wheat-ear. Lewin t. 112. Albin t. 54, 55. Walcot. t. 241. 



Length above 6 inches : extent near 12 : weight near 7 drachms. 

 Bill black : iris hazel : from the bill a black stripe, forming a black 

 patch round the eyes : front dirty white : wings and coverts dusky, 

 with reddish-brown edges : breast with a reddish tinge : vent white: 

 2 middle tail-feathers white with a black bafe, the rest white tipt 

 with black : legs blackish. 



2., Mixed fulvous and whitish : lower part of the neck with grey 

 , fpotj : 2 middle tail-feathers entirely black. 



122. S. Troglodytes, Reddish-brown, crossed with ob- 



