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EPICUREAN WARBLER. 



ous : the quills dusky, edged with white : the 

 breast yellowish, spotted with dusky ; the rest of 

 the under parts white : tail slightly forked, the 

 same colour as the wings. Common in the vicinity 

 of Bologna, in Italy, in cow pastures : its nest is 

 placed about twelve inches from the ground, on a 

 shrub or bush ; and, according to BuiFon, it is very 

 courageous in defence of its young, as it will sooner 

 lose its life than they should be hurt. 



EPICUREAN WARBLER. 



(Sylvia Ficedula.) 



Sy. subfusca f subtus alba, pectore cinereo maculato. 

 Brownish Warbler, beneath white, with the breast spotted with 

 cinereous. 



Sylvia Ficedula. Lath, Ind. Orn, 2. 51^. 28. 



Motacilla Ficedula. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 330. 10.— Xm. Faun. 



Suec. 251. — Gmel. Sijst. Nat. 1. 956. 

 Ficedula. Briss.. Orn, 3. 369. 1. 



Becfigue. Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 5. 187 .^Buff. PI. Enl. 668. 



Epicurean Warbler. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 4 J 9. k. — Lath, Gen. 

 Syn. 4. 432. 23. 



As its name imports, this species is greatly 

 prized on the continent as a very great delicacy, 

 particularly in the autumn, when it feeds upon, 

 and commits great havoc on, figs and grapes : it is 

 rather small, measuring only five inches in length : 



