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Sp. 1. Sy. Rubecula. Steph. v. x. p. 711. — Britain and other 



parts of Europe. 

 Sp. 2. Sy. Suecica. Steph. v. x, p. 660. — Europe. 



Sp. 3. Sy. phoenicura. Steph. v. x. p. 6/0. — Britain and other 



parts of Europe. 

 Sp. 4. Sy. erithracus. Steph. v. \. p. 674. — Sy. Tithys. Steph. 



V. X. p. 671. — Sy. Gibraltarensis. Steph. v. x. p. 673. — Sy. 



atrata. Steph. v.x. p. 677. — The south of Europe. 



Sp. 5. Sylvia Ruppeli. Temm. PI. Col. 24b. f. 1. 



Sy } vertice guld collogue mitice nigris, albo marghiatis ; corpore 

 supra griseo, infra albo; lateribus cinereis ; rectrice exteriore 

 utrinque alba, basi macula nigra. 



Warbler with the crown, throat, and neck in front black, mar- 

 gined with white ; the body above grey, beneath white j the 

 irides ash-colour; the outer quill on each side white, with a 

 black spot at the base. 



Inhabits Candia. Length five inches : the male 

 has the top of the head, the throat, and fore part of 

 the neck, fine black ; sprinkled, during the moulting 

 season, with some white edged feathers : the cheeks 

 are ashy-black : a white line commences at the gape, 

 passes down the sides of the neck, and surrounds the 

 black on the throat : the nape, the mantle, and the 

 back are deep grey : the wings are dusky-brown, but 

 the greater coverts, impending the secondaries, are 

 edged on both webs with whitish-grey : the eight 

 middle tail-feathers are black ; the outer on each side 

 is white, with a small black spot at the base ; and the 

 second is black, with a large longitudinal white dash 

 at its tip : the under parts of the plumage are white : 

 the sides are of an ashy tinge : the beak is black, with 

 a white dash at the base of the under mandible : the 

 legs are brownish. . ^ 



