. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . n adult male sent me by It is also figured by Gould, B. of E. INSECTIVOEiE. Family SYLVIADJE, Genus Sylvia, Section III.—PHILACANTH^. Warblers, SYLVAINS, (Temmincl.) BAEEED WAEBLEE. Sylvia nisoria. Sylvia nisoria, Bechstein. Meyee and Wolef. Temminck. Vieillot. Cuvier. KEYSEELINa AND BlaSIUS. SCHINZ. SCHLEGEL. DeGLAND. Nisoria undata, Bonaparte. jNaumann. Curruca undata, Geebe; Diet., raye, or Fauvette eperviere. Or the Feench. Sperber GrasmUcJce, German. Celega p
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . n adult male sent me by It is also figured by Gould, B. of E. INSECTIVOEiE. Family SYLVIADJE, Genus Sylvia, Section III.—PHILACANTH^. Warblers, SYLVAINS, (Temmincl.) BAEEED WAEBLEE. Sylvia nisoria. Sylvia nisoria, Bechstein. Meyee and Wolef. Temminck. Vieillot. Cuvier. KEYSEELINa AND BlaSIUS. SCHINZ. SCHLEGEL. DeGLAND. Nisoria undata, Bonaparte. jNaumann. Curruca undata, Geebe; Diet., raye, or Fauvette eperviere. Or the Feench. Sperber GrasmUcJce, German. Celega padovana, Savi. Specific Characters.—Secondaries fringed with light grey; themiddle taU quills and under coverts broadly bordered with white;the lateral tail quiUs with a white spot at the extremities andinner borders. Length of adult female from M. Verreaux, whichis figured, seven inches; carpus to tip three inches and a half;tail two inches and a half; tarsus one inch. This is one of the largest species of EuropeanSylmadce, It inhabits particularly the north and. BARRED WARBLER. 23 eastern parts of Europe. It is found on the shores oftlie Mediterranean, and thence to Sweden and Norway,the north of Germany and some parts of Russia, andin Hungary. It is more rare in Austria, but is foundin Lombardy, in Piedmont, Central Italy, and the coastof Barbary. Count Miihle doubts if it occurs in thePyrenees. According to Temminck it is found acci-dentally in Provence, and during its passage inTuscany; less rare in the Levant, and common in theneighbourhood of Vienna. The Barred Warbler belongs to the same division asthe Whitethroats, and, like them, though of considerablesize and somewhat clumsy appearance, it is swift andactive. It lives generally very much concealed, and isnot, therefore, so often observed as the other membersof the group. It has a particular predilection forthorny bushes. Avoiding mountainous districts, it isfound in field hedges and young thickets, particularlywh
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