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cilium yellowish white ; bcncatli white more or less tinged buff"; 

 1st primary shorter than primary coverts, 3rcl only emarginate, 

 notch on inner web of 2ncl falls between tips of 7th and 9th 

 primaries. Uill dark brown, reddish yellow below at base. 

 Legs and feet bluish grey. Wing ^j 62-71, $ 60-70. Tarsus 

 20-22. Bill 10- 1 1. Young are yellower, and streaked on chest. 



Jirccds. — British Isles, Continental Europe north to Finmark, 

 Finland, in Russia north to 68°, south to N. Spain and Italy, and 

 Balkan Peninsula ; in Asia east to Yenisei, south to Altai Moun- 

 tains and Turkestan. Migratory ; occurs on passage Greece, 

 Metlitcrranean Islands, N. Africa to Tripoli and Egypt. Rare in 

 Spain. Winters in Africa. 



Acrocephalus aquaticus (Gmelin). Aquatic Warbler. 

 Fr. Becfin aquatique ; Gcr. liinsen-Rohrsanger ; Ihii. Pagliarolo. 



^ 2 Resemble " schccnoba^nus " but above greyer and more 

 boldly striated, including rump and upper tail coverts ; crown 

 dark brown with one central pale stripe ; beneath white, breast 

 and fl.inks huffish with dark shaft streaks ; tail feathers very 

 pointed ; ist primary in adult very small, shorter than coverts, 

 in young, longer than coverts ; 3rd primary emarginate. Bill 

 brown, yellowish at base below. Legs and feet pale straw. 

 Wing ^ 61-67, ? 61-64. Tarsus 19-21. Bill 8-9. Young are 

 more tawny, and not streaked below. 



Breeds. — Continental Europe, south of Baltic, but rare in S. 

 Spain and absent from south of Bosnia and Bulgaria ; in 

 Russia north to about 56° ; also Algeria, Tunisia, and Sardinia. 

 Migrates ; occurs in Corsica, Sicily, S.E. Europe and Egypt on 

 passage. Rare visitor to Sweden, Britain, Heligoland. 



Hypolais. 



Intermediate between Willow and Reed Warblers; tail 

 square or slightly rounded ; under tail coverts short ; bill 

 broad ; frequent wooded country, gardens, etc. ; insectivorous ; 

 good songsters; nest a cup in fork of bush or tree; eggs 

 salmon or lilac spotted with purplish black. 



Hypolais icterina (Vieillot). Icterine Warrler. Fr. 



Fauvette icterine ; Ger. Gartenlaubvogel ; 7/a/. Canapino 

 maggiorc ; Sived. Bastardniiktergal. 



