60 A HAND -LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



as the ^loluccas, Alor. and Sumba. Replaced by a closely-allied 

 form on Kurile Islands, Jesso, and perhaps other Japanese islands, 

 and in Kamtschatka. 



PHYLLOSCOPUS SUPERCILIOSUS 



127. Phylloscopus superciliosus superciliosus (Gm.) — THE 

 YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER. 



MoTACiLLA suPERCiLiosA Gmeliii, Syst. Xat., i, p. 075 (1788 — "Russia "). 

 Phylloscopus superciliosus (J. F. Gnielin), Yarrell, i, p. 443 ; Saunders, 

 p. Gl. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Previously considered rare vagrant, 

 has lately been so often recorded on east coasts Great Britain and 

 in Fair Isle that it ma}' now be considered as an almost regular 

 passage- migrant in very small numbers (more numerous some j^ears 

 than others) along east coast from mid-Sept, to late Oct. Has 

 also occurred very rarely in west and once in Ireland. Two seen in 

 spring (Kent, April 15, 1899, Dumfries., April 11, 1909). Following 

 recorded : England. — Twenty obtained and two seen, viz., Scilly 

 Isles, three ; Gloucester., one ; Kent, one seen ; Suffolk, one seen ; 

 Norfolk, six ; Lines., four ; Yorks., five ; Northumberland, one. 

 Scotland — Thirty-eight recorded, viz. : Dumfries., one seen ; Isle 

 of May (Forth), seventeen ; east Ross., two ; Fair Isle (Shetlands), 

 sixteen ; Sumburgh Head (Shetlands), one ; Skerry vore Light 

 (0. Hebrides), one. Ireland. — One. Tearaght Light (Kerry). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in Siberia, migrates through 

 greater part of Asia, and winters in southern China and India. 

 Appears not rarely in Europe, from Orenburg and west Russia to 

 Heligoland, Germany, and Holland. Replaced by allied forms in 

 Altai, Tian-shan, Himalayas, and mountains south of Brahmaputra. 



PHYLLOSCOPUS PROREGULUS 



128. Phylloscopus proregulus proregulus (Pall.) — PALLAS 'S 

 WARBLER. 



MoTACiLLA Proregulus Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., i, p. 499 (1827 — 



Transbaikalia). 



Phylloscopus proregulus (Pallas), Saunders, p. 63. 



Distribution. — England. — One, a female, Clev (Norfolk), Oct. 31, 

 1896 (T. Southwell, Zool, 1896, p. 466). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in east Siberia ; Sarudny found it 

 passing through quite regularly near Orenburg (L'ral), and it has 

 been shot on Heligoland. Winters in south China. Replaced by 

 allied form in Himalayas. 



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