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357. Genus Sylvia Scopoli. 



Though Gray quoted as the type Sylvia melanocephala, his designation 

 cannot be accepted, because melanocephala was not contained in Scopoli's 

 original list of the species of Sylvia. We must accept as the type Sylvia 

 curruca (L.), as proposed in B.O.U. List Brit. B., 1915, p. 362. 



361. The Barred Warbler. 



Distribution. — Lerwick one, Aug. 29, one Sept. 16, 1921, Isle of 

 May one, Sept. 25, 1922. 



364. The Garden-Warbler. 



Synonym : Sylvia simplex Latham, Gen. Synops. Suppl., i, p. 287 

 (1787 — Name for the English ally or " variety " of the " Petty chaps " 

 which is the Orphean Warbler). 



366. Distribution. — Bred Ross-shire 1919 ; one Caithness, May 12, 1920, 

 several Lerwick (Shetland), May, Aug., Sept., Oct., 1920. 



368. The Blackcap. 



Incubation. — Period in some cases only 10-11 days : further observa- 

 tions needed. 



372. The Lesser Whitethroat. 



Synonym : Sylvia Sylviella Latham, Gen. Syn. Suppl., p. 288, pi. 

 oxin (1787 — Based on p. 185 where the Lesser Whitethroat is described 

 from Bulstrode, Bucks. On pi. bird, nest and eggs). 



374. Distribution.- — Bred Cornwall 1920 and Carnarvon 1922, breeds Isle 

 of Man, bred Loch Fyne (Argyll.) 1921, stated to breed annually Dum- 

 friesshire, occurred Caithness May 1920, Lerwick (Shetland) May and 

 Oct. 1920, west Ross-shire June 16, 1920. 



375. Add 156a Sylvia curruca affinis Blyth.— The Siberian Lesser White- 

 throat. 



Sylvia affinis Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, XIV, p. 564 (1845 — - 



India). 



Sylvia curruca affinis Blyth, W. E. Clarke and J. H. Stenhouse, 



Scott. Nat., 1921, p. 179. 

 Description. — Except for shorter 2nd primary in all plumages like 

 S. c. curruca but juvenile slightly paler and more rufous-brown on 

 upper-parts. Moults apparently same but in autumn sometimes 

 moulting Sept. 



Measurements and structure. — $ wing 62-69 mm., tail 53-59, tarsus 

 18-21, bill from skull 11—13 (15 measured). 2 wing 62-69. Primaries : 

 1st 2-6 mm. longer than primary-coverts, 3rd and 4th longest, 5th -5-1 

 shorter, 6th 2-4 shorter, 2nd usually between 6th and 1th, sometimes 

 equal to Qth or 1th, occasionally (more often in 2) between 1th and 8th. 

 Distribution. — Scotland. — One (male) Fair Isle, Oct. 3, 1921 (ut supra) 

 and one (male) Sept. 20, 1923 (J. H. Stenhouse, Scott. Nat., 1923, p. 173.) 

 Distribution. — Abroad. — Nests in Siberia, north as far as wooded 

 regions, east to Manchuria, south apparently to Tian-shan. Winters in 

 India as far as Ceylon, passing through Turkestan, Afghanistan, Balu- 

 chistan, E. Persia. 



378. The Sardinian Warbler. 



Nestling. — No down. Mouth inside orange, no tongue -spots, externally 

 flanges pale yellow. Incubation. — Period 13-14 days, fledging period 

 11 days (J. H. Stenhouse, Brit. B., xiv, p. 41). 



382. The Dartford Warbler. 



Synonvm : Ficedula ulicicola Blyth, Rennie's Field. Nat., i, p. 310 



(1833— England). 



last line but one, for Mellzophilus read Melizophilus. 



