. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ult male sent me by It is also figured by Gould, B. of E. INSECTIVOR^:. Family SYLVIADJE. Genus Sylvia, Section III.—PHILACANTH^. Warblers, {MilUe.) SYLVAINS, {TemmincL) BARRED WARBLER. Sylvia nisoria, Bechstein. Meyer and Wolff. TeMMINCK. VlEILLOT. CUVIEH. Keyseeling and Blasius. SCHINZ. SCHLEGEL. DeGLAND. Nisoria undata, Bonapaete. Natjmann. Curriica undata, Geebe; Diet., raye, or Fauvette eperviere, Of the Feench. Sperher Grasmiicke, Geeman. Celega padov
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ult male sent me by It is also figured by Gould, B. of E. INSECTIVOR^:. Family SYLVIADJE. Genus Sylvia, Section III.—PHILACANTH^. Warblers, {MilUe.) SYLVAINS, {TemmincL) BARRED WARBLER. Sylvia nisoria, Bechstein. Meyer and Wolff. TeMMINCK. VlEILLOT. CUVIEH. Keyseeling and Blasius. SCHINZ. SCHLEGEL. DeGLAND. Nisoria undata, Bonapaete. Natjmann. Curriica undata, Geebe; Diet., raye, or Fauvette eperviere, Of the Feench. Sperher Grasmiicke, Geeman. Celega padovana, Savi. Specific Characters.—Secondaries fringed witli light grey; themiddle tail quills and under coverts broadly bordered with white;the lateral tail quills 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 EuropeanSylviadce. It inhabits particularly the north and. BARRED WARBLER. 23 eastern parts of Europe. It is found on the shores ofthe 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, Piedmont, Central Italy, and the coastof Barbary. Count Mllhle doubts if it occurs in thePyrenees. According to Teraminck, 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, particularlywher
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