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SYLVIA GEnantlie. 
The Wheat- Ear, or White- Rump. 
S. CEnanthe. Head and back bluish grey, cheeks black, 
over the eyes a dirty white stripe, breast and belly yellowish- 
white, rump and base of the tail white. Turt . Brit. Faun, 
v. 1 . p. 46 . 
Bill black. Iris hazel ; from the bill a black stripe, forming 
a black patch round the eyes. Front dirty white. Wings 
and coverts dusky, with reddish brown edges. Breast 
with a reddish tinge, under the tail white. Two middle 
tail-feathers white with a black base, the rest white tipt 
with black. Legs blackish. 
Length above six inches ; extent near twelve ; weight near 
seven drachms. Turt. loc. cit. 
Besides the species here enumerated, there are 
four others which remain in Britain all the year. 
The Hedge-Sparrow fS. modularis ;) the Red-breast 
(S. rubecula;) the Wren ( S . Troglodytes ;) and the 
Golden-crested WrenfS. Regidus.) 
Note. The birds of this genus are sometimes troubled with 
Worms. A White-throat that I caught last Summer, always 
had a rough appearance, although it fed heartily ; it continued 
to look worse till about Christmas, when it died. I immediately 
cut it open, and found its inside full of living Worms ; I believe 
of the genus Tcenia ; they were from one to three inches long ; 
blunt at one end, and tapering to a very fine point at the other ; 
slightly flattened ; the joints very near to each other ; each about 
three times broader than long. 
Tilling, Printer, Grosvenor Row, Chelsea. 
