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NIGHTINGALE WARBLER. 



(Sylvia Luscinia.) 



Sy. Tufo'Cinerea subtus cinereo-alba, rectricibus Jusco-rufis. 

 Red-grey Warbler, beneath cinereous white, with the tail of a 

 brownish-red. 



Sylvia Luscinia. Scop. Ann, I. 227- — Lathi Ind, Orn, 2. 506. 1. 

 Motacilla Luscinia. Lin. Syst, Nat, \ . 328. — Lin, Faun, Suec 



244. — Gmel. Syst, Nat, 1. 950,^Rat/. Syn. 78. A. 2. 

 Luscinia. Briss, Orn, 3. 397* 13. 



Rossignol. Buff, Hist. Nat, Ois, 5, 81. pi. 6.f. I.— Buff, PL 

 Enl. QlS.f. 2. 



Nightingale. Pen, Brit, Zool, 1. 145. — Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 4l6. 

 A. — Albin. Birds. 3, 53. — Albin. Song Birds, 6j. — Will, Ang, 

 220. pi, 41. — Lath, Geyi. Syn. 4, 408. 1. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 

 180. — Lath. Syn. Sup. II, 233. — Lemn, Brit. Birds. 3. pi, gg. 

 — Wale. Syn. 2. pi. 22Q, — Don. Brit. Birds. 5. pi. 108. — 

 Bewick. Brit. Birds. 1. 199. — Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. — Mont, 

 Sup. 



p. tota alba. 



Entirely white. 



Luscinia Candida. Briss. Orn. 3. 401. b. 

 Rossignol blanc. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois, 5. 1 14. 

 White Nightingale. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 412, 



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Of all the Warblers this appears to be the 

 greatest favourite, not on account of its plumage, 

 which is extremely simple and elegant, but for the 

 charming melody of its voice, which enlivens the 

 solitary gloom of night to the bewildered tra- 

 veller. It is the largest of the genus found in 

 England : it is the size of a Skylark : its length 

 is about six inches : beak brown : irides hazel : 



