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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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The Melodious Warbler {Hypolais polyglotta, Viell) has 

 one British record, and is found inhabiting South-Western 

 Europe and North-Western Africa. The adult male in 

 summer is, above, greyish-olive, darker on head ; super- 

 ciliary streak, yellowish ; wings and tail, browai, margined 

 with lighter; beneath, pale yellow; sides of neck and 

 flanks, tinged with pale brow^nish-olive ; irides, brown ; 

 bill on upper part, brown ; underneath, yellowisli at base ; 

 legs and feet, greyish-brown. Length, about four inches. 



