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SYLVIAD^. 



continually in pursuit of insects : they build their 

 nests among bushes, or in sedgy places on the banks 

 of rivers. 



Sp. 1. Cu^luscinia. 



Sylvia luscinia. Steph. v. x. p. 576. pi, 51. — Britain and Eu- 

 rope. 



Sp. 2. Cu. philomela. Becks. Temm. Man.d'Orn, 2 Edit. i. 196^ 

 Cu. rufo-Juacay infra albido-cinerea ; pectore griscescente vario. 

 Red-brown Whitethroat, beneath whitish -ash ; the breast varied 



with greyish. 

 Greater Nightingale. Lath, Gen. Hist. v. v'lu p. 9. 



Inhabits the south-east of Europe. Larger than 

 the foregoing : length seven inches : beak flesh-co- 

 lour : the plumage in general rufous-brown : beneath 

 whitish-ash : the breast slightly varied with greyish 

 tints. 



Sp. 3. Cu. sericea. 



Cu. obscure griseo-Jusca, lateribus colli pectoreque cinerascente 

 fuscis ; hypochondriis tectricibusque iriferioribus caudce griseo- 

 Juscis ; linea supra infraque oculos ; guld ventrisque medio 

 albis. 



Obscure grey-brown Whitethroat, with the sides of the neck and 

 the breast ashy-brown ; the sides and under tail-coverts grey- 

 brown ; a line above and beneath the eyes; the throat and 

 middle of the belly white. 



Sylvia sericea. Natterer. Temm. Man. d'Orn, 2 Edit, i, 197.— 

 Silky Warbler. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. vii. 9. 



Inhabits Southern Europe. Length five inches 

 and a quarter : the plumage above dull grey-brown : 

 sides of the neck and breast cinereous, inclining on 

 the sides to grey-brown : sides of the belly and under 

 tail-coverts grey-brown : a stripe above the eyes and 



