. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . nest and eggs aresimilar to those of the Dartford Warbler. Degland saysit builds in bushes a short distance from the ground,making a deep well-constructed nest, in which it de-posits from four to six eggs, of a dirty white, slightlyyellowish, with spots grey and reddish, thicker aboutthe greater end; great diameter sixteen, small twelvemillemetres. An adult male, sent me by M. E. Verreaux, has allthe upper parts of an uniform smoky brown, darkerabout the eyes. Throat dark ash-grey; belly and flankspinkish, mottled with gre
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . nest and eggs aresimilar to those of the Dartford Warbler. Degland saysit builds in bushes a short distance from the ground,making a deep well-constructed nest, in which it de-posits from four to six eggs, of a dirty white, slightlyyellowish, with spots grey and reddish, thicker aboutthe greater end; great diameter sixteen, small twelvemillemetres. An adult male, sent me by M. E. Verreaux, has allthe upper parts of an uniform smoky brown, darkerabout the eyes. Throat dark ash-grey; belly and flankspinkish, mottled with grey, approaching to black; pri-maries dark hair brown; tail cuneiform, with the outerquills finely edged with white; colour of the under parts 44 Marmoras warbler. of the tail lighter; beak yellow; black for one-third fromthe point; border round the eyes cinnabar red; iris nutbrown; feet yellow. The female is generally paler in colour than the male,and the throat and belly more ash-coloured. Figured by Temminck and Laugier, pi. enl. 24:, L 2,adult male; Gould, B. of BONBLLIS WARBLE 45 INSECTIVORiE. Family SYLVIAD^. Genus Sylvia, Section V.—PHYLLOPSEUSTJE. Warblers, ( MUSCIVORES, (Temmincl.) BONELLPS WAEBLEE. Sylvia Bonelli. Sylvia Bonelli, Natteri,Phyllopneuste Bonelli, Ficedula Bonellii,Pouillot Bonelli, Bee-fin Natter er,Berg-Lauhsdnger,Natterers Sanger,Lui Bianco, ViEiLLOT; Faim. France, pi. 96,f. 3, et Tabl. Encycl. Eeyseeling & Blasius; ; 1844 MtJHLE; 1856. Temminck; Man., ; Europ. Faun., 1840. BONAPAETE; 1839. Z. Gebbe; Diet., ; ; 1844. Of the the and Specific Characters.—Upper parts of the body brownish, grey;inferior parts white; rump and upper tail coverts yellow green; 46 BONELLls WARBLER. wings reacli to half the length of tail; first quill longer than thesixth, and equal to the fifth; the second longest. Tail brownishgrey, with fift
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