BIRDS OF EUROPE, 



NOT OBSERVED IN THE BRITISH ISLES. 



INSECTIVOE^l 



Family SYLVIAD^. 



Genus Sylvia, f Latham.) 



Generic Characters. — Beak slender, compressed on the ante- 

 rior half; the superior mandible sloped towards the point, the 

 inferior mandible straight. Nostrils basal, lateral, ovoid, and 

 half closed with a membrane. Tarsi longer than the middle 

 toe; three toes in front and one behind, the external one united 

 at its base to the middle; the claw of the hinder toe shorter 

 than the toe, and curved. The first wing primary is very- 

 short, or absent, the second a little shorter than the third, or 

 as long; the greater wing coverts much shorter than the 

 primaries; tail extended, unequal, rounded, or square. 



Sectiost I.— ETJTICILL^, {MilUe.) SYLYAINS, {Temminch.) 



GULDENSTADT'S EEDSTART. 



Sylvia erytliTogastra. 



