90 Mr. H. Seebolim on the Phylloscopi 



1875^ p. 308) ; but in Greece and Asia Minor it is only found 

 on migration^ as is also the case in Palestine {Tristram, Ibis, 

 1867j p. 83) . It winters in North Africa, having been found 

 to the east as far south as Abyssinia, and to the west as far 

 south as the Gold Coast [Dresser, Birds of Europe) . The 

 most easterly locality recorded of this bird is Lankoran, on 

 the south-western shore of the Caspian [Blmiford, Eastern 

 Persia, ii. p. 183) . 



This species builds a semi-domed nest, lined with dried 

 grass and hair, on or near the ground. The eggs are white, 

 profusely spotted with dark purple. 



20. Phylloscopus trochilus (Linnaeus) . 



Ficedula asilus, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 479 (1760). 



Motacilla trochilus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 338 (1766). 



Sylvia trochilus. Scop. Ann. I. Hist. Nat. no. 238, p. 160 

 (1769). 



Sylvia trochilus, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 552. 



Phylloscopus trochilus, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 972. 



Regulus trochilus, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 72 (1828). 



Phyllopneuste trochilus, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 429 

 (1831). 



Sylvicola trochilus, Eyton, Cat. Brit. B. p. 13 (1836). 



Ficedula trochilus. Keys. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 56 

 (1840). 



Motacilla fitis, Bechstein, Gem. Nat. Deutschl. iv. p. 678 

 (1795). 



Sylvia fitis, Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. i. p. 187 (1802). 



Ficedula fitis, Koch, Baier. Zool. i. p. 159 (1816). 



Phyllopneuste fitis, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 427 

 (1831). 



Trochilus medius, Forst. Synopt. Cat. p. 15 (1817). 



Phyllopneuste arborea, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 427 

 (1831). 



Phylloscopus acredula, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 428 

 (1831). 



Sylvia melodia, Blyth, Rennie's Field Nat. i. p. 425(1833). 

 Bill slender, under mandible dark. 



