. A history of British birds . ichis whitish-grey and is nearly as long as the rest; chin, throat,hreast and helly, nearly pure Avhite, the last tinged with redas far as the vent; sides and flanks tinged with grey; wingsand tail beneath, grey: legs, toes and claws, lead colour. The whole length is five inches and a quarter. From thecarpal joint to the tip of the wing, two inches and five-eighths ; the second and fifth primaries nearly equal, hutshorter than the fourth : the outer web of the fourth and fifthsuddenly becomes narrow near the tip. The tail is nearlyeven. The female is not quite so
. A history of British birds . ichis whitish-grey and is nearly as long as the rest; chin, throat,hreast and helly, nearly pure Avhite, the last tinged with redas far as the vent; sides and flanks tinged with grey; wingsand tail beneath, grey: legs, toes and claws, lead colour. The whole length is five inches and a quarter. From thecarpal joint to the tip of the wing, two inches and five-eighths ; the second and fifth primaries nearly equal, hutshorter than the fourth : the outer web of the fourth and fifthsuddenly becomes narrow near the tip. The tail is nearlyeven. The female is not quite so large as the male; the headand neck are tinged with brown, the ear-coverts are not sodark, and the white of the lower parts is clouded with grey. The young resemble the female, and have the irides red-dish-hazel. Professor Sundevall states that both this and the preceding-species have a double moult. What may be the case with tlieothers of the genus we have still to learn. The vignette represents the Lesser Whitethroats 414 PASSERES. SYLVIID7E. ,e ^
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