. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . TIVOR^. Family SYLVIADJE. Geniis Sylvia, OLIVACEOUS WAEBLER. Sylvia elaica. Salicaria elaeica. Hippolais elaeica. Ficedula amhigua,Sylvia elaica,Bec-Jin Amhigu,Oelbaum Sj)oUer, orZweidentiger Tiaubsllnger, LlNDEEMAYER; Isis, 1843, ISTo. 5, p. 242; Eevue Zool., 1843, p. Geebe; Eevue Zool., 1844, p. 440, 1846, p. 434; Diet. d Hist. Nat., 1848, tome xi., p. , ; Eeviie, 1844. MUHLE; 1856. Of THE the Geemaks. Specific Characters —Plumage above shaded with greyish; wingsin repos
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . TIVOR^. Family SYLVIADJE. Geniis Sylvia, OLIVACEOUS WAEBLER. Sylvia elaica. Salicaria elaeica. Hippolais elaeica. Ficedula amhigua,Sylvia elaica,Bec-Jin Amhigu,Oelbaum Sj)oUer, orZweidentiger Tiaubsllnger, LlNDEEMAYER; Isis, 1843, ISTo. 5, p. 242; Eevue Zool., 1843, p. Geebe; Eevue Zool., 1844, p. 440, 1846, p. 434; Diet. d Hist. Nat., 1848, tome xi., p. , ; Eeviie, 1844. MUHLE; 1856. Of THE the Geemaks. Specific Characters —Plumage above shaded with greyish; wingsin repose reach scarcely to middle of tail; first primary short,longer than the upper coverts, second and fifth equal, third andfourth longest, and equal. Dimensions of two specimens sent me hy M. IE. Yerreaiix.—Onefrom Greece:—from tip of beak to end of tail, five inches; lengthof beak seven tenths of an inch; breadth at base three tenths ofan inch; wing, from carpus to tip, two inches and a half; tarsusfour fifths of an inch; tail two inches. One from Algeria:—From. OLIVACEOUS V7A113L2.;. OLIVACEOUS WARBLER. 55 tip of beak to end of tail, five inches and a Lalf; wing fromcarpus to tip, two inclies and seven tentlis; tarsus nine tenths ofan inch; tail two inches and three tenths. This is the second Warbler peculiar to the olivegroves of classic Greece, that has been made known toscience within the last twenty or twenty-five discovery of the bird last described in 1836led to that of the present species, by Dr. Lindermayer,in 1843. Count Miihle remarks that from these eventswe may conclude that many birds, especially such asfrom their trifling size and colouring of the plumageso readily escape observation, remain yet to be discov-ered. During his residence in Greece, though anxiouslyexamining the birds of that country, this species escapedhis observation. The Olivaceous Warbler is at first sight very like theOlive Tree Warbler; but if we examine the dimensionsw
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