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SYLVIA cinerea. 
The Larger White-Throat. 
S. cinerea. Above brown-grey with a rufous shade, beneath 
white with a reddish tinge, outmost tail-feathers entirely 
white on the outer web and half-way down on the inner. 
Sylvia cinerea. var. Turt. Brit. Faun . v. 1 . p. 45. 
Bill dusky, whitish beneath. Iris hazel. Wing-coverts 
dark-brown, with a dull rufous margin : quills dusky, edged 
with grey-brown. Throat white : breast and belly , in 
some, white, in others, slightly tinged with rose. Tail 
long, dusky, edged with white. Legs pale brown. 
Length about five inches and a half ; extent near nine; weight 
about four drachms. 
A very lively and interesting species, and one 
of the easiest preserved ; its song also, in my opi- 
nion, cannot be surpassed by any bird whatever ; it 
is both lively, sweet, and loud, and consists of a 
great variety of notes. One that I at present pos- 
sess will sing for hours together against a Nightin- 
gale, now in the beginning of January, and it will 
not suffer itself to be outdone ; when the Nightingale 
raises its voice, it also does the same, and tries its 
utmost to get above it ; sometimes in the midst of 
its song it will run up to the Nightingale, and stretch 
out its neck as if in defiance, and whistle as loud as 
