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Croatian, Prosta Grmusa; Danish, Torn-Sanger; Dutch, Grasmusch; French, Fauvette grise; German, Dorn-grasmücke; Hungarian, Köyönségeo posyáta; Italian, Sterpazzola; Norwegian, Graasanger; Swedish, Torn-Sångare; Russian, Polewaya; Polish, Polcryywka popielata.

Adult Male in Spring.—The upper parts and the sides of the head are ashy grey, tinged slightly with ochre, the lores a slightly darker ash grey, and the rest of the upper parts brown washed with ochre. The tail-feathers are sepia brown, edged with the same colour as the back, the outermost being white or huffish white with an oblique spot on the inner web near the root. The wing-feathers are also sepia brown, the greater and median coverts being broadly margined with rusty buff. The primaries and greater coverts are sepia brown, narrowly edged with light brown, the bastard wing sepia edged with light brown, and the least wing-coverts brown slightly washed with buff. The throat is pure white,