104 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



(^ 9 Above olive green ; lores, siiperciHiim, ear coverts, and 

 nndcrparts yellow. Wing long and pointed ; ist jirimary equal 

 to or shorter than coverts, 2nd between 4th and 5th, 3rd longest ; 

 3rd to 5th emarginate. Bill brown above, yellowish below. 

 Legs and feet plumbeous. Wing ^ 76-81, ? 72-78 (W.). Tarsus 

 20-21. l)ill lo-ii. 



Breeds. — Continental Europe, in Scandinavia to about Arctic 

 Circle, Finland, C. and N. Russia to about 64°, east to Ufa and 

 N.E. Samara (rare at Orenburg), south to Pyrenees, Switzerland, 

 Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Caucasus ; also Asia to 

 about 85" east. Migrates ; occurs on passage Sicily, Sardinia, 

 Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, and Algeria. Occasional in Britain. 

 Winters in Africa. 



Hypolais polyglotta (Vieillot). Melodious Warbler. 

 Fr. Fauvette lusciniole ; Ger. Sanger-Laubvogel ; Ifal. Canapino. 



(^ 5 Closely resemble "icterina" but ist primary longer than 

 primary coverts, 2nd between 5th and 7th ; underparts rather 

 brighter yellow. Bill dark brown above, yellow below. Legs 

 and feet pale slaty brown. Wing shorter, (J 62-69, 9 62-66. 

 Tarsus 19-21. Bill 9-1 1. 



Breeds. — France (C. and S.), Switzerland, especially S., Italy, 

 Austria, Croatia (rare), Spain, Portugal, Morocco, N. Algeria, 

 Tunisia. Migrates ; occurs Sicily on passage. Winters in Africa. 



Hypolais olivetorum (Strickland). 



^ 9 Above brownish grey, faint supercilium and eye-rim 

 white ; beneath white, greyish on flanks, slight yellow tinge on 

 breast ; outer rectrices margined- white on both webs ; ist primary 

 much shorter than coverts ; 2nd between 3rd and 5th and about 

 equal to 4th, 3rd longest. Bill above brown, yellow below. Legs 

 and feet bluish grey. Wing 85-88-5 (H.). Tarsus 22-24. Bill 

 12-13. Young are more olive on back and duller coloured. 



Breeds. — S. Dalmatia, Greece, Greek Islands, Asia Minor, 

 Cyprus, Palestine. Has occurred in Italy and Algeria. Winters 

 in Africa. 



Hypolais pallida pallida (Hemprich and Ehrenberg). 



$ 9 Above pale grey brown, with faint olive tinge ; super- 

 cilium and underparts huffish white, flanks tinged brown. ys>\. 

 primary 3-7 m.m. longer than coverts ; 2nd between 6th and 7th, 



