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Zoological Society on the 19th of November, 1895. "^'hey 

 were shot on the Yorkshire coast about the ist of November, 

 1893, and had been mounted by local bird-stuffers as Common 

 Bullfinches. A third specimen has been recorded by Mr. 

 J. H. Gurney as having been obtained on the Caistor denes in 

 Norfolk. 



Range outside the British Islands. — Replaces P. eicropoia in 

 Scandinavia, and from Poland eastwards throughout Siberia. 



Habits. — Exactly like those of its smaller western representa- 

 tive. The eggs are slightly larger than those of P. europoea. 



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THE SUB-ALPINE WARBLER. SYLVIA SUB-ALPINA. 



Sylvia sub-aipina, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 214 (1820, ex 

 Bonelli, MSS.); Dresser, B. Eur. ii. p. 389, pi. 59 (1875). 



Adult Male. — Slaty-grey above ; wings brown, with pale edges 

 to the coverts, the secondaries more broadly margined ; tail 

 brown, the three or four outside feathers with more or less 

 white ; chin, throat, and breast chestnut, shading off into paler 

 chestnut on the flanks ; the centre of the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts whitish ; under wing-coverts pale grey, with darker 

 centres ; axillaries pale vinous grey ; a narrow white line along 

 the sides of the head separating the chestnut of the lower 

 surface from the grey of the upper ; bill dark horn-colour, the 

 lower mandible light yellowish at the base ; feet dusky brown ; 

 iris brown ; eyelid reddish. Total length, 4-6 inches ; cuimen, 

 o'45 ; wing, 2*3 ; tail, 2"i ; tarsus, 07. 



Adult Female. — Browner than the male above, and not so 

 ashy-grey. The chestnut of the under parts replaced by buffy- 

 white, with a vinous tinge on the sides of the breast. The 

 birds of the year are buffy-brown on the breast and flanks, the 

 male being a little greyer than the female. 



Characters. — This little Warbler is allied to the Whiteihroats, 

 but is smaller than any of them, the wing being less than 2*5 

 inches in length, while the colour of the legs and feet is brown. 

 It is distinguished from all the small Warblers of the White- 

 throat group by its chestnut chin and breast. 



