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too short for icterma, and is more like polyglotta, 

 the western representative of icterina. 



As an illustration of the way in which Continental 

 species sometimes find their way to England, and 

 possibly to a place in the list of British birds, it may 

 be added that in May 1868, Mr. J. G. Keulemans 

 brought over three specimens of this bird from Hol- 

 land, two of which he liberated at Harwich, the third 

 having died on the passage. 



MELODIOUS WILLOW WARBLER. Hypolais ^^oly- 

 glotta (Vieillot). Length, 5 in ; bill, 0-5 in. ; wing, 

 2-5 in. ; tarsus, 0*8 in. 



Hah. Southern Europe, wintering in North Africa. 



One, Burwash, Sussex, April 30, 1897 : Ticehurst, ZooL, 

 1897, p. 333. 



Ohs. This is the western representative of the 

 more eastern H. icterina, breeding in Spain, and in 

 A\'estern France about as far as the Somme. Said 

 to have been observed in Pembrokeshire during the 

 summer of 1886. Described as something like a 

 Chiif Chaff, but with the under parts of a bright 

 sulphur-yellow, and possessing for so small a bird a 

 very powerful and exquisite song (Mathew, " Birds 

 of Pembrokeshire," p. 9). 



RED-EYED GREENLET. Vireo olivaceus (Vieillot). 

 Length, 5*25 in. ; bill, 0"6 in. ; wing, 3 in. ; tarsus, 

 0-75 in. 



Hah. Eastern North America, wintering from the Gulf 

 States southwards. 



