EPICUREAN WARBLER. 



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its beak and legs are dusky: the orbits of the eyes 

 are reddish white : the upper parts of the plumage 

 are grey brown : the greater wing-coverts are 

 cinereous brown, tipped with white, forming a bar 

 of that colour on the wings ; the quills of which 

 are cinereous brown, edged with greyish brown, 

 the three nearest the body excepted, which have 

 white edges : the under parts of the body grey 

 white : the breast tinged with brown : the outer 

 tail-feather on the exterior web is white, as is the 

 next for two-thirds of its length : the rest of the 

 tail is dusky, edged with grey brown : the female 

 is paler in colour. Found on all parts of the con- 

 tinent from Sweden to Greece, retiring to the 

 southern parts on the approach of winter: they 

 are so abundant in the islands of Cyprus and 

 Candy, that 1000 or 1200 pots of them, filled with 

 vinegar and sweet herbs, are exported from thence 

 and sent to Italy annually. 



