1 91 7-] the Birds of Yemen. 157 



l)eeu obtained in southern Arabia in Apnl, Angust, and 

 Sei)tember, and possibly breeds there also. It is said to 

 winter in British East Africa. 



Hippolais pallida. 



Carruca pallida Ilempricii & Ehrenberg, Symb. Phys. 

 1833, ff. bb. : Egypt and Nubia. 



O.-Grant, 1900, p. 254 



a. S ' llajeilah, 2800. 17.iii.l3. 



b-d. 2 c? , 1 o . Sanaa, 7G00 ft. 3-4. ix. 1 3. 



This Warbler, which breeds from Turkey to Turkestan 

 and Syria, appears to pass through southern Arabia on 

 migration, and to winter in Africa from Egypt to British 

 East Africa. 



Sylvia communis, 



Sylvia communis Latham, Gen. Suppl. i. 1787, p. 287: 

 England. 



O.-Grant, 1900, p. 252; Lorenz & Ilellmayr, 1901, p. 239, 

 1907, p. 113. 



«. ? . Hajeilah, 2080 ft. 5.iv. 13. 



b. ^ . Sanaa, 7G00 ft. lO.ix. 13. 



The Whitcthroat had previously been obtained by Bury 

 in southern Arabia in September. 



Sylvia communis icterops. 



Sylvia icterops Menetries, Cat. rais. Cauc. 1832, p. 34 : 

 Talysch. 



a. ^ . Sanaa, 7G00 ft. 5. ix. 13. 



This single example seems referable to tlie eastern form 

 ■ of tlie Whitethroat recognized by Hartert. The back is 

 duskier and more greyish in tone, tlie rufous of the 

 secondaries is paler, and the crown much darker, almost 

 l)lack in fact, as compared with the typical European White- 

 throat. It matches very well a Whitethroat in the British 

 Museum, from the Elburz Mountains, obtained by Woos- 

 nam on 1 May, 1907, and certainly seems distinct enough 

 to be rccos^nized. 



