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INSECTIVORiE. 



Family SYLVIADJE. 



Genus Sylvia. [Latham.) 



THRUSH NIGHTINGALE. 



Sylvia philomela. 



Luscinia major, Brisson; Ornith., 1760. 



" " Naumann. Gould. 



Motacilla luscinia major, var., G-melin; Syst., 1788. 



Sylvia philomela, Bechstein, 1810. 



" " Temminck; Manual, 1820. 



" " ScHiNZ; Europ. Fauna, 1840. 



Lusciola philomela, Keyseeling and Blasitts 



" " Schlegel. 



Bee-fin or Hossicfnol pkilomele, 



or Grand Bossignol, Of the French. 



Sprosser Nachtigall, Oe the Germans. 



Rossignolo Forestiero, Oe Savi. 



Specific Characters. — Plumage above of a sombre brown. The 

 first primary nearly obsolete, the second nearly as long as the 

 third, and longer than the fourth. Length of male and female 

 Seven inches; from carpus to tip three inches and a half; tail 

 from vent three inches ; beak from gape seven-tenths of au inch. 



The Thrush. Nightingale is an inhabitant of the 

 eastern parts of Europe. It is found in the south of 

 Sweden — in Pomerania and Finland, in the south of 

 Germany and Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, and 



