INSECTIVORJE. 



Family SYLVIADJE. 



Genus Sylvia. (Latham.) 



GREY REDSTART. 



Sylvia Cairii. 



Buticillce Carii, Geebe; Diet. 



Univ. D' liist. 



JTat. torn. xi. p. 259. 

 " Titliys, Beehm. 



Erithacus Carii, De&land. 



Specific Characters. — Tlie primary and secondary quills fringed 

 with ash-colour. General colour grey, with darker irregular mark- 

 ings. Dimensions of a male specimen sent to me by M. Ed. 

 Verreaux, which is figured, length five inches and a half; from 

 carpus to tip of wing three inches and three-tenths; tarsi one inch; 

 tail from vent two inches and a half. 



This bird is exactly similar in plumage to the au- 

 tumnal moult of tlie male ^S'. tithys, the Black Redstart 

 of the British lists. It affords a good example of 

 what is termed a permanent variety or race; because 

 it has been found by careful examination that it never 

 assumes the dark breeding plumage of the latter bird. 

 I have thought it right therefore to give a figure and 

 notice of it in this work; more particularly as the Black 



