PASSERES— MUSCICAPID^R 91 



Muscicapa latirostris Rafncs. 



(^ '+ Above brown, with white streak at base of bill and 

 white ring' round eye ; beneath wliitc, slightly streaked pale grey 

 on breast and flanks ; axillaries buff, liill black, yellow at base 

 below. Legs and feet black. Wing 67-74 (W.). Tarsus 13-14. 

 Bill from gape 13-5- 14-5. 



An E. Asiatic species ; occurred once in England. 



Phylloscopus. 



Active little birds, mostly greenish above ; habits much 

 as in Flycatchers; insectivorous; nest, on or near the ground, 

 semidomed with side entrance; eggs pure white or white 

 with red or purplish spots chiefly at larger end. 



Phylloscopus collybita collybita (Vieillot). Chiff- 

 chaff. Fr. JJccfin vcloce ; Grr. Zilpzalp ; J/a/. Lui piccolo. 



(^ $ Above olive green, brighter on rump ; supercilium yellow ; 

 beneath including underwing coverts, axillaries and edg^e of wing 

 pale yellow. Wing formula : ist primary 5-9 m.m. longer than 

 coverts, 2nd primary between 7th and 8th or equal to 8th, some- 

 times between 8th and 9th ; emarginate 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th 

 primaries. Bill horn brown, paler at base below. Legs and feet 

 dark brown. Wing ^ 55-63, ? 52-57. Tarsus 19-21. Bill 7-8. 

 After autumn moult colours are brighter. 



Breeds. — British Isles, Holland, Belgium, S.E. Jutland, France, 

 Switzerland, W. Germany, Mountains of Italy and in Liguria, 

 Spain and Portugal, Sardinia, and probably also in N.W. Africa. 

 Winters Mediterranean countries, and Egypt to tropical Africa ; 

 occasionally liritain, S. France, S. Switzerland. 



P. collybita abietinus Nilsson. Similar in colour to "colly- 

 bita" after autumn moult; paler, more greyish above in spring 

 and summer. Wing longer, r^ 62-66, 9 59-66. Tarsus 19-21. 

 Bill 7-8. 



Breeds. — N. and E. Europe ; Norway to Arctic Circle, C. and 

 N. Sweden, Denmark, Finland, C. Russia north to 65", east to 

 Perm and Orenburg, Baltic Provinces, E. Prussia, Poland, south 

 through Austria to Rumania, Bosnia, and Montenegro. Migra- 

 tion route more to east than typical " collybita " ; occurs regularly 



