or Willow-Warblers. 89 



Sylvicola sibilatrix, Eyton^ Cat. Brit. B. p. 14 (1836). 

 Phylloscopus sibilatrix, Newton^ in Yarr. Brit. B. ed. 4. i. 

 p. 427 (1873). 



Sylvia sylvicola, Mont. Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 35 (1798). 

 Phyllopneuste sylvicola, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 426 

 (1831). 



Trochilus major, Forst. Synopt. Cat. p. 14 (1817). 

 Phyllopneuste megarhynchos, C. L. Brelim. Vog. Deutschl. 

 p. 525 (1831). 



Sylvia sibilans, Blyth, in White's Nat. Hist. Selbornc, 

 p. 26, footnote (1858). 

 Bill slender, under mandible pale. 



Upper parts olive-green, dashed all over, especially on the 

 rump, with yellow. Wings and tail greyish brown, with 

 the outside edge of each feather broadly margined with 

 greenish yellow. Tertiaries edged with yellowish white. 

 Primaries dipped with dirty white. Superciliary streak 

 greenish yellow. 

 Head the same colour as the back. 



Underparts white, dashed all over on the throat, and slightly 

 on the breast and flanks, with yellow. Axillaries, wing- 

 lining, and thighs yellow. 

 Third primary longest. Second sometimes longer, sometimes 

 shorter than the fourth, always much longer than the fifth. 

 Bastard primary very small, the exposed part measuring "3 



to -4. 

 No wing-bar, but wing-coverts edged, not tipped, with yel- 

 lowish green. 

 Length of wing — male 2'8 to 3*1, female 2*9 to 3"0. 

 Length of tail — male 2'0 to 2'25, female 1*85 to 1"95. 

 Legs and claws brown. 



This species breeds in Central Europe, is very rare in Ire- 

 land, common in England, and is found in Scotland as far 

 north as Inverness. It is not found in Norway, but has been 

 seen in Sweden as far north as Stockholm and Upsala. Harvie 

 Brown and Alston found it at Archangel ; and it has been met 

 with in the Ural as far north as Bogoslofisk (see Dresser^'s 

 'Birds of Europe'). It breeds near Gibraltar [Irby, Ibis, 

 1872, p. 200) and in Sardinia {Brooke, Ibis, 1873, p. 243), 

 but passes Malta only on migration {Wright, Ibis, 1864, p. 70). 

 It breeds in Transylvania {Danford and Harvie Brown, Ibis, 



