. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . oblong; bristles verysmall. Wings of moderate length, broad, rounded ; the firstquill about a third of the length of the second, which is equal 320 PHILOMELA. NIGHTINGALE. to the fifth, the third longest, the fourth scarcely shorter. Tailrather long, straight, even, or slightly rounded, of twelve ratherbroad feathers. The Nightingales differ fr
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . oblong; bristles verysmall. Wings of moderate length, broad, rounded ; the firstquill about a third of the length of the second, which is equal 320 PHILOMELA. NIGHTINGALE. to the fifth, the third longest, the fourth scarcely shorter. Tailrather long, straight, even, or slightly rounded, of twelve ratherbroad feathers. The Nightingales differ from the Warblers chiefly in being ofa more slender form, and in having the bill, tarsi, and tail moreelongated. They are very intimately allied to the Turdingeby means of some of the smaller Thrushes, especially TurdusWilsoni and Turdus minor, which in form and colour, withthe exception of the spots on the breast, are very similar to thecommon Nightingale. They are insectivorous, migratory intemperate and cold countries, plainly coloured, and remarkablefor their song, which excels that of the other Sylvianae. Onespecies occurs in England, but has not hitherto been with cer-tainty observed in Scotland. 321 PHILOMELA LUSCINL\. THE Motacilla Luscinia. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 328. Sylvia Luscinia. Lath. Ind. Orn. U. 506. Nightingale. Mont. Orn. Diet. Bee-fin, Rossignol. Sylvia Luscinia. Temm. Man. dOrn. I. 195. Nightingale. Philomela Luscinia. Selb. Illustr. I. 206. Sylvia Luscinia. Nightingale. Jen, Brit. Vert, An, 107. The upper parts reddish-brown^ the tail hrownish-red; the lowerparts pale greyish-brown^ the throat and belly whitish. Male,—The Nightingale, unrivalled as it may be as to itsvocal powers, is one of the most homely of our native birds in itsattire. In size it is somewhat larger than the Blaekcapped andGarden Warblers, which it greatly resembles in form, althoughits bill and tarsi are more elongated. The former organ is ofmoderate length, straight, r
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