. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . clining from the base tothe top. The Biver Warbler feeds on insects and flies. The male in breeding plumage has all the upper partsof the body olive green, shaded with brown; the throat 100 RIVER AVARBLKR. white; under wing and tall coverts, and all tlie underparts of the belly whitish, shaded with light olive green;the anterior part of the neck mottled with olive greenand ash-colour. Primaries rich brown; first the longest,and the others gradually a little less down to the ninth,giving the wing a long pointed character. T
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . clining from the base tothe top. The Biver Warbler feeds on insects and flies. The male in breeding plumage has all the upper partsof the body olive green, shaded with brown; the throat 100 RIVER AVARBLKR. white; under wing and tall coverts, and all tlie underparts of the belly whitish, shaded with light olive green;the anterior part of the neck mottled with olive greenand ash-colour. Primaries rich brown; first the longest,and the others gradually a little less down to the ninth,giving the wing a long pointed character. This gradu-ated position of the primaries is shewn when the wingis in repose. The beak is dark brown above, lightbelow. Tarsi light yellow; iris, dark brown. The female has the upper parts like the male; thethroat, neck, and crop dirty white, feebly marked withlong spots of ashy brown. In autumn- the feathers arebordered Avith ash. My figures of this bird and its egg are from speci-mens sent me by M. E. Verreaux. Figured also by Naumann, Taf. 13; Gould, B. of E. ..iHi. 101 INSECTIVOR^. Famihj SYLVIADJE. Genus Sylvia, fLatham.] PALLASS L(3CUSTELLE. Sylvia certhiola. Motacilla certhiola, Pallas; Zoog. i., p. 509, No. certhiola, Temminck; Man. i, p. 187. Calamoherpe certhiola, Blasius; Naumannia, 1858. Bee-fin Trupu, Of the French. Specific Characters.—Beak strong; superior mandible black; theplumage of the upper parts varied with numerous spots; all thequills of the tail are terminated below by a large ashy blotch;posterior claw much curved, and longer than the toe. Length fiveinches. This bird, closely allied to the Grasshopper Warbler,so well known to the naturalists of Great Britain, wasintroduced into the European Fauna by Pallas, in hisFauna Rossica, as Turdus certhiola, and was describedby him afterwards under the name of Motacilla was subsequently introduced into the Manual byTemminck as Sylvia certhiola, who has given a veryclear description of t
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