. A history of British birds . 406 PA SSEHES. SYLVIIDiE. Sylvia rufa (Boddaert*).THE GREATER WHITETHROAT. Curruca cinerea^. Sylvia, ScopoliX-—Bill rather stout, short, not very broad at base; vippermandible decurved from the middle towards the point which is slightly emargi-nated ; nostrils basal, lateral, oval and exposed ; gape beset with hairs. Wingsmoderate ; the first primary very shorty the third longest. Tail of twelve feathers,generally somewhat rounded, but in a few species nearly even. Legs with thetarsus scaled in front and short, longer than the middle toe ; toes and cl
. A history of British birds . 406 PA SSEHES. SYLVIIDiE. Sylvia rufa (Boddaert*).THE GREATER WHITETHROAT. Curruca cinerea^. Sylvia, ScopoliX-—Bill rather stout, short, not very broad at base; vippermandible decurved from the middle towards the point which is slightly emargi-nated ; nostrils basal, lateral, oval and exposed ; gape beset with hairs. Wingsmoderate ; the first primary very shorty the third longest. Tail of twelve feathers,generally somewhat rounded, but in a few species nearly even. Legs with thetarsus scaled in front and short, longer than the middle toe ; toes and claws .short. The Greater Whitethroat, if not more numerous as aspecies, is perhaps more generally diffused here than any ofthe other summer-Warblers which annually visit this makes its appearance about the third week in April,and frequents the sides of woods, thickets and hedge-rows, * Motacilla rufa, Boddaert, Table des Planches Enlumineez, p. 35, No. 581,fig. 1 (1783). t Sylvia cinerea, Latham, Ind. Orn. ii., p. 514 (1790).+ Annus I. Historico-Natura
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