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INSECTIVOR^. 



Family SYLVIADyE. 



Genus Sylvia, f Latham. J 



Section IV.— DUMETICOL^. Steauchsangee. 

 Busli "Warblers, fMilUe.J SYLYAINS, (TemmincJc.J 



EUPPELL'S WAEBLER. 



Sylvia Huppellii. 



Sylvia Ruppellii, Temminck; Manual, 1835. 



" " Keysebling and Blasius, 1840. 



" " ScHiNZ; Europ. Fauna, 1840. 



" " Schlegel; Revue, 1844. 



Curruca Buppellii, Bonapaete, 1838. 



Geebe; Diet., 1848. 



Bee-fin Riippell, Of the Eeench. 



RilppelVs Sanger or Grasmuche, Or the Geemans. 



Specific Characters. — Above ash. grey; tail black, the outermost 

 quill feather clear white; on the two following, the tip, and a 

 wedge-shaped spot on the inner web, white; on the fourth and 

 fifth also a small white spot on the tip. Length about five 

 inches and a half. — MiiHLE. 



This Warbler is an Asiatic species, inhabiting especially 

 the borders of the Red Sea and the Nile. It was 

 introduced into the European fauna by Temminck in 



