INSECTIVOEiE. 



Family SYLVIADJE, 



Genus Sylvia, f Latham. J 



Section III.— PHILACANTH^. Gkasmucken. 

 Hedge Warblers, fMuUe.J SYLVAINS, (Temmincl.) 



BAEEED WAEBLEE. 



Sylvia nisoria. 



Sylvia nisoria, Bechstein. Meyee and Wolef. 



" " Temminck. Vieillot. Cuvier. 



" " KEYSEELINa AND BlaSIUS. 



" " SCHINZ. SCHLEGEL. DeGLAND. 



Nisoria undata, Bonaparte. jNaumann. 



Curruca undata, Geebe; Diet., 1848. 

 Sec-Jin raye, or 



Fauvette eperviere. Or the Feench. 



Sperber GrasmUcJce, German. 



Celega padovana, Savi. 



Specific Characters. — Secondaries fringed with light grey; the 

 middle taU quills and under coverts broadly bordered with white; 

 the lateral tail quiUs with a white spot at the extremities and 

 inner borders. Length of adult female from M. Verreaux, which 

 is figured, seven inches; carpus to tip three inches and a half; 

 tail two inches and a half; tarsus one inch. 



This is one of the largest species of European 

 Sylmadce, It inhabits particularly the north and 



