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PASSERINE WARBLER. 



(Sylvia passerina.) 



Sy. cinereOj subtiis griseo alhor, superciliis albidisy remigibus can- 

 daque atris. 



Cinereous Warbler, beneath greyish white, with the eyebrows 



white ; the quills and tail dark-coloured. 

 Sylvia passerina. Lath, hid, Orn, 2. 508. 5. 

 Motacilla passerina. Gmel, Si/st. Nat. 1, Q54. 

 Curruca minor. Briss. Orn. 3. 374. 3. ^ 



Passerinette. Buf. Hist. Nat, Ois, 5. 123.— Buf. PL Enl, 579. 

 f,2. 



Passerine Warbler. Lath, Gen, Si/n, 4. 414. 4. 



Length rather more than five inches : beak 

 brown : irides red-brown : the upper parts of the 

 plumage pale cinereous : eyebrows white : the 

 under parts of the body pale greyish white : quills 

 and tail dusky : legs lead-colour. This species 

 makes its nest in a low bush close to the ground : 

 it is constructed of dry grass and herbs, and lined 

 with finer materials: the eggs are of a dingy white, 

 varied with two shades of green, especially at the 

 larger end ; they are four in number. The note 

 is very trifling, consisting only of a chirp. It is a 

 native of many parts of Europe, but does not 

 occur in England. 



