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2. Hypolais polyglotta, 



Sylvia polrprlotta, Vieill. X. Diet. d'lL'st. Xat. xi. p. 200(1817); 

 ' id. Faun>' Franq. i. p. 212 (1820) ; Rou.i; Orn. Prov. p. 343 (1825) ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 213. uo. 3013 (1869). 

 Sylvia flaveola, Vieill. N. Diet. dHist. Xat. xi. p. 185 (1817); id. 



Faime Frang. i. p. 213 (1820). 

 Sylvia hypolais (Linn.), Savi, Orn. Tosc. i. p. 287 (1827). 

 Ficedula icterina ( Vieill.), Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. pp. Ivi, 185 



(1840). 

 Sylvia icterina, Vieill, Bp. Faun. Ital Ucc. pi. 28. fig-. 1 (1841). 

 Hypolais polyglotca {Vieill.), Gerbe, Rev. Zuol. 1844, p. 440; Jaith. 



et Barth.-Lapomm. Rich. Orn. p. 263 (1859) ; Deql. et Gerbe, Orn. 



Eur. i. p. 502 (1867) ; Loche, E.vpl. Sci. Alger., Ois.'i. p. 275 (1867) ; 



Sdlvad. Faun. Ital. Ucc. p. 110 (1871). 

 Salicaria hypolais (Linn.), Fdippi, Mns. Medial, p. 30 (1847). 

 Ficedula polyulotta ( Vieill.), Schl. Vog. Neclerl. p. 136 (1854); Neiot. 



List B. Eur. Blasius, p. 11 (1862) ; Eoderl. Avif. Sicil. p. 130 



(1869). -^ ^ 



Hypolais salicaria (Linn.), Fritsch, Vog. Eur. p. 161 (1870). 



This species only differs structurally from the preceding in bein<» 

 slightly smaller, with a slightly different wing-formula. The general 

 colour both of the upper aud underparts is less brilliant, being 

 slightly suffused with buff; and the legs, feet, and claws are pale 

 brown. Wing with the third primary very shghtly longer than the 

 fourth, and the second primary generally intermediate between the 

 sixth and seventh, iu very rare instances a triHe longer than the 

 sixth ; bastard primary exceeding the primary-coverts by Q-l to 

 0-23 inch. Length of wing 26 to 2-38 inches, tail 2-0 to 1-9, 

 culmen 0-6 to 0o4, tarsus 0-85. Tail nearly even. 



Changes of plumage similar to those of the preceding species. 



The ilelodious Tree-Warbler breeds in Algeria, Spain, Italy, and 

 South France, occasionally straying as far north as Xorth France and 

 Belgium. It winters in Senegambia. 



Purchased. 

 R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 

 R. B. .Sharpe, Esq. 

 Rev. D. F. Morgan [P.]. 



3. Hypolais olivetorum. 



Salicaria olivetorum, Strickland, ^de Got/Id, B. Eur. ii. pi. 107 (1837) • 



Keys. u. Bias. J7'iV6. ^««-. p. liv (1840) ; Linderm. Vcig.Griechenl. 



p. 88 (1860). 

 Calamoherpe olivetorum (Strickl.), Bp. Comp. List. B. Eur. &■ N 



^/«ej-. p. 13 (1838). 

 Sylvia olivetorum (Strickl.), Temm. Man. d'Orn. iv. p. 611 (1840) ; 



Werner, Atlas, Insectiv. App. pi. iv. (1842) ; Drummond, Ann. 



Nat. Hist. xii. p. 415 (1843) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 214. no. 3027 



(1869). 

 Hvpolais olivetorum (Strickl.), Gerbe, Rev. Zool. vii. p. 440 (1844) • 



'Fin.<ch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 233 (1870) ; F-itsch, Vog. Eur. p. 163 



(1870); Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 99 (1872); Dresser, B. Eur. 



pt. xxvii. (1874). 



