SYLVIAD^. 



end for some way whitish : hind claws very long and 

 crooked. Female paler. 



Sp. 20. Cu. Cisticola. 



Cu ? rufo'fmca nigricante maculata j dorso infimo uropygioque 

 immaculatis ; infra rufo-alba ; caudd hreve, pennis lateralibus 

 versus apicem maculd nigra, apice ipso cinereo. 



Red-brown Whitethroat spotted with dusky ; the lower part of 

 the back and the rump immaculate ; beneath red-white, the 

 tail short 3 its lateral feathers with a black spot towards the 

 tip ; the tip itself ash-coloured. 



Sylvia Cisticola. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. i. 228. — Temm. 

 PL Col. 6./. 3. 



Inhabits Southern Europe. Length above four 

 inches : the male has the top of the head, the nape, 

 the back, and wing-coverts of a reddish-brown, with 

 the middle of each feather dusky, giving a spotted 

 appearance : the lower part of the back and the rump 

 are unspotted reddish-brown : all the under parts are 

 uniform reddish-white \ the sides being rather the 

 deepest : the tail is short, even ; its feathers are 

 dusky-brown, edged with reddish : all the lateral fea- 

 thers have a large black spot toward the tip, which is 

 pure ash : the beak and legs are clear brown. The 

 female differs in having the colours less brilliant. 



Sp. 21. Cu. Locustella. 



Sylvia Locustella. Steph. v. x.p. 595. — Bi'itain. 

 Sp. 22. Cu. fluviatilis. 



Cu. supra olivacea Jusca umbrata; guld alba maculis longitudi- 

 nalibus olivaceis sparsd ; ventris medio albo ; caudd cuneatd; 

 ungue postico elongate, adunco. 



Whitethroat above olive shaded with brown ; with the throat white 

 longitudinally sprinkled with olive ; the middle of the belly 

 white ; the tail wedged 3 the hind claw elongated and hooked. 



