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Definition of Sylviinae
1. Noun. Alternative classification for the Old World warblers.
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Family Muscicapidae, Muscicapidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sylviinae
Literary usage of Sylviinae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... coloured than the Sylviinae, for, though the particular genus ... contain forms
exhibiting quite as many diverse modes of life as do the Sylviinae. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Warbler " has long been used by English technical writers as the equivalent of
Sylvia, and is now applied to all members of the sub-family Sylviinae of the ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"In the Turdinae the young are constantly spotted, as opposed to the Sylviinae.
... Sylviinae.—Besides the typical Warblers are here included most of Dr. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... coloured than the Sylviinae, for, though the particular genus ... contain forms
exhibiting quite as many diverse modes of life as do the Sylviinae. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Warbler " has long been used by English technical writers as the equivalent of
Sylvia, and is now applied to all members of the sub-family Sylviinae of the ..."
6. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"In the Turdinae the young are constantly spotted, as opposed to the Sylviinae.
... Sylviinae.—Besides the typical Warblers are here included most of Dr. ..."
7. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1857)
"... of the Palaearctic Region, are perhaps the plain dull-coloured Sylviinae,
distinguished rather for their melodious song than hy any external ..."
8. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1857)
"... of the Palaearctic Region, are perhaps the plain dull-coloured Sylviinae,
distinguished rather for their melodious song than hy any external ..."
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