. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . live brown; middletail feathers the longest, and rounded; the side feathers,particularly the outermost ones, pointed. Beak and irisbrown; feet brown. In autumn the splendid redthroat is covered with white feathers. The female has the upper parts like the male, butthe red on the throat is much lighter, and in somespecimens it is described as being more of a rosytint. In the East Indian specimen before me, sentby M. Verreaux, the vermilion red is still retained,though lighter, and with a whitish spot in the my spec
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . live brown; middletail feathers the longest, and rounded; the side feathers,particularly the outermost ones, pointed. Beak and irisbrown; feet brown. In autumn the splendid redthroat is covered with white feathers. The female has the upper parts like the male, butthe red on the throat is much lighter, and in somespecimens it is described as being more of a rosytint. In the East Indian specimen before me, sentby M. Verreaux, the vermilion red is still retained,though lighter, and with a whitish spot in the my specimen the lore is black, and the vermilionred is surrounded by a bright grey border, becomingblack as it comes in contact with the white line whichextends from the base of the mandibles. The young male is described by Degland as similarto the adult, with the throat and upper part of neckof a clear rose or yellowish red. My figure of this bird is a male in breeding plumage,from an Indian sjjccimen sent to me by M. has also been figured by Gould, in B. of 19 Family SYLVIAD^. Genus Sylvia. THEUSH NIGHTINGALE. Sylvia pJiilomela. Luscinia major, Beisson; Ornitli., 1760. Naumann. Gould. Motacilla luscinia major, var., Gmelin; Syst., 1788. Sylvia philomela, Bechstein; 1810. Temminck; Manual, 1820. ScHiNZ; Europ. Fauna, 1840. Lusciola pJdlomela, Keyseeling and Blasius. • Schlegel. Sec-Jiu or Rossigiiol philomele, or Grand Rossignol, Of the Feench. Sprosser Nachtigall, Of the Geemans, Rossignolo Forestiero, Of Savi. Specific Characters.—Plumage above of a sombre browu. Thefirst primary nearly obsolete, the second nearly as long as thethird, and longer than the fourth. Length of male and femaleseven inches; from carpus to tip three inches and a half; tailfrom vent three inches; beak from gape seven tenths of an inch. The Thrush Nightingale is an inhabitant of theeastern parts of Europe. It is found in the south ofSweden—in Pomerania and Finla
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