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Show 282 AVES. no white on the tail, and is of a brownish grey, or olive above, and of a yellowish white beneath.( 1) . Bechstein has separated from the other Fa~vette hts AooENToR, which is the Fauvette des .fllpes, Buff.-Mot. alptna, Gm.; Enl. 668, or the Pegot, Vieill. Gal. 156; Naum. 92, 1;~2) because the edges ofits slender beak, which is more exactly comcal than that of the other Motacillre, are slightly depressed. It is a fulvous bird, with a white throat, sprinkled with black; two rows of white spots on the wing; some bl'ight red on the flanks. It is found in the pastures of the upper Alps, where it feeds on insects, and whence, in winter, it descends into the villages in search of grain, &c. I think I have observed the same beak in the Fauvette d'hiver. Mot. modularis, L.; Traine-buisson, &c.; Enl. 615, 1; Naum. 92, 3, 4.(3) The only species that remains in France during the winter, and that in some measure relieves the dreariness of the season by its delightful notes. It is of a fawn colour, spot· ted with black above, and a slaty ash colour beneath. It builds twice a year, and in the summer proceeds to the North, and seeks the mountain forests. During the winter, or where insects are not to be had, it is contented with grain. The gizzard of these two birds is mot·e fleshy than that of the other Fauvettes.( 4) We may add to them, .flee. montanellus, Tern.; Naum. 92. A bird from the south· cast of Europe. . . We may also distinguish some long and cunetform tatled Motacillre, which have been left among the Fauvettes.(5) (1) The descriptions of the Fauvettes are so vague, and the greater part of the~ figures-those of Nauman excepted-are so bad, that it is almost impossibl~ t~de· termine their species. Each author arranges them differently. Our descriptiOn!, therefore, may be confidently depended upon, but our synonymes no tso muchso; we think, however, we agree with Mess. Nauman and Roux. . ,..-8 To the species abovementioned, must . be added: Sylv. rusctcola, nou ' ' passerina, Col. 24, 1 ;-S. sarda, lb. 2;-S•. .Nattereri, lb. 3;-S. su ba lp tn· a, Bon· nelli, or Leucopogon, Meyer, Col. 6, 2 and 251, 2 and 3, Roux, 218. a1 f N.B. According to Sa vi the S. passe:rina, Tern. Col. 29, 4, is the young m e ~ the S. subalpina.-The Pitclwu(S.ferruginea), Enl. 635, 1; Houx, 219. Thesm species lead to UEGULus. (2) It is also the Sturnus montanus, and the S. colluris of Gme1in. (3) I see this approximation has been adopted by Mess. Temm. and Nauman. (4) Nitsch., ap. Naum., II, P· 939. the (5) Mot.fuscata, Gm. Enl. 584, 1;-Motacilla macroura, Gm. Enl. 752, 2; ~r liA Capolie:r, Vaill. 129, 130, 1;-Malurus galactodes, T., Col. 65, 1; Mal. rnargtb·~~ • .' T. lb. 2;-Mal. clamans, Ruppel. pl. 2;-Mal. squamiceps, Id. x·u· .-Mot · suJ :)oru'h"k' Gm. Enl. 584, 2, probably the same as the Citrin, Vaill., Afr., 127;-the PASSERIN.lE. 283 Some of the species are very skilful in the construction of their nests, with cotton or other filaments, which they arrange with much art.(l) REGULus, Cuv. The beak slender, forming an extremely perfect and a very sharp pointed cone; when viewed from above its sides even appear slightly concave. They are small birds, which live among trees and pursue Gnats. There is in France, Mot. regulus, L.; the Roitelet, Enl. 651, 3; N aum. 93, 1, 2, 3. The smallest of the European birds; an olive colour above, a yellowish white beneath; head of the male marked with a beautiful spot of a golden yellow, edged with black, the feathers of which are erectile. It constructs on trees a globular nest, with a lateral opening, suspends itself to the branches in every position like a Parus, and keeps near our houses in winter.(2) A still smaller species has lately been observed, the yellow of which inclines more to the orange, and which has a black streak before and behind the eye.-Regulus ignicapillus, Naum. 93, 4, 5, 6. Motac. trochilus, L.; Le Pouillot, Enl. 651, 1; Naum. so, 3, Somewhat larger than the roitelet, of the same colour, but without the crown; its habits are similar, but it has a more agreeable song, and it removes on the approach of winter. Motac. hypolais; Le grand Pouillot; Bechst. III, xxiv; Enl. 581, 2; Naum. 81, 1. Is still a little larger, and the abdomen more on a silver.(3) The species foreign to Europe are extremely numerous, and are very often agreeably coloured. ( 4) IOIJrcil, ld. 128. It is partly from this subdivision that Me15. Vieill. and Temm. have taken their genus Merion or Malurus; I should not, however, like the former, place in it the Mot. cyanea, Gm. which has the beak of a Saxicola. .N.B. The Malurus galactodes, Tern. has become the genus liEG.uunus of V1gors and Horsfield. (1) Certain Fauvettes, such as the S. sarda, have a little circle round the eye. They form the genus ZosT.EnoPs of Vigors and Horsfield. (2) Add the Roitelet omnicolor, Vieill. Galer. 166. ~3) Add of European species: Mot. sibilatrix, Col. 245, 3; Naum. 80, 2;-M. fiJ11, Naum. 80, 3;-M. rufa, Naum. 80, 4. (4) Such are the Tscheric, Vaill. 111, 121;-the Cw-;jaune (Mot. penailia), Enl. !as, .5;-:-M_ot. restiva, Enl. 58, 2;-the Mot, lu®viciana, Enl. 731, 2;-the Fig. 0 por.trme Jaune (Mot. mystacea), Enl. 709, 2, Edw. 237, 2;-the Fig. cendr! du E anada (M Canadensis), Enl. 685, 2;-the Pig. de l'isle de France (M. mauritiana, nl. 705, 1;-the Pl£Utron noir, Vaill. 111, 123;-Sylvia venusta, Tem. Col. 293, |
