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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



stripe, pale yellow, shading into white behind ear-coverts; 

 lores, olive; chin and throat, whitish; primaries, brown, 

 edged on the outside webs with olive-green, and narrowly 

 tipped with white; under parts, whitish, tinged with greenish- 

 buff; irides, brown; bill, legs, and feet, blackish-brown. 

 Length, about four inches. The adult female is similar to 

 the male. The young resemble the adults, but underneath 

 they are wholly olive-yellow. 



pallas^s Millow Mreit 







Pallas's Willow Wren {Phylloscopus proregiilics, Pallas) is 

 an exceedingly rare visitor to the British Isles. An example 

 of this wren was killed on October 31st, 1895, ^^ Cley, in 

 Norfolk. It bears a great resemblance to Phylloscopus 

 superciliosus, but can easily be distinguished from the latter 

 by the pale mesial line on the crown, and by the strikingly 

 pale yellow rump. 



