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INSECTIVOPv^. 



Family SYL VIAD^. 



Genus Sylvia, f Latham. J 



OLIYACEOUS WAEBLER. 



Sylvia elaica. 



Balicaria elaeica, 



Hippolais elaeica, 



Ficedula amhigua, 

 Sylvia elaica, 

 ]3ec-fm Amhigu, 

 Oelhaum Sputter, or 

 Ziveidenticjer Lauhscinger, 



LlI^DEEMEYER; Isis, 1843, 



'^0. 5, p. 242; Eevue Zool., 



1843, p. 210. 

 Z. Geebe; Eevue Zool., 1844, 



p. 440, 1846, p. 434; Diet. 



d' Hist. ISTat., 1848, tome xi., 



p. 237. 

 Degland, 1849. 

 ScHLEGEL; E.evue, 1844. 

 MiJHLE; 1856. 

 Of the Feench- 



Of the Geemans, 



Specific Characters.^?\\xva.di.ge above slaaded with greyish; wings 

 in repose reach scarcely to middle of tail; first primary short, 

 longer than the upper coverts, second and fifth equal, third and 

 fourth longest, and equal. 



Dimensions of two specimens sent me hy M. E. Verreaux. — One 

 from Greece: — from tip of beak to end of tail, five inches; length 

 of beak seven- tenths of an inch; breadth at base three-tenths of 

 an inch; wing, from carpus to tip, two inches and a half; tarsus 

 four-fifths of an inch; tail two inches. One from Algeria;— From. 



