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GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia Locustella.) 



Sy . Jusco-viridis macutis nigricantibus subtus flavescensy pectore 

 saturatioref cauda cuneata rectricibus apice mucronatis. 



Brown-green Warbler, spotted with dusky, beneath yellowish, 

 with the breast darker ; the tail wedged, the tips of the feathers 

 pointed. 



Sylvia Locustella. Lath, Ind. Orn, 2. 515. 25. 



Locustella avicula. Will, Orn. 151. — Rut/. Syn, 70. a. 7« 



La Locustelle. Buff, Hist, Nat, Ois, 5. 42. 



Fauvette tachet6e. Buff, PL EnL 5B\,f,3, 



Grasshopper Warbler. Pen, Brit. Zool. 1. 156.— Pew. Arct, 

 Zool, 2. 419. I.,— White, Hist. Selb, 45,—Lath, Gen, Syn, 4, 

 429. 20.'^,—Lath, Syn, Sup, II, 240. Q.-^Mont, Orn. Diet, 2. 

 — Mont. Sup. 



Length rather more than six inches: beak 

 dusky above, white beneath : irides dark hazel : 

 the whole upper parts of the bird are olivaceous 

 brown ; the middle of each feather dusky, except 

 on the neck, which gives it a spotted appearance: 

 quills dusky brown, the edges lighter and tinged 

 with olive : eyelids, chin, throat, and belly, yel- 

 lowish white : breast, sides, and thighs, inclining 

 to brown, the two last faintly streaked with dusky : 

 under tail-coA^erts very pale brown, marked down 

 the shafts with long pointed dusky streaks : tail 

 similar in colour to the quills, but greatly wedged ; 

 the two middle feathers being two inches and a 

 half long, and pointed at the tips 5 the outer 

 feather only one inch and a quarter, and rounded 



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