96 Mr. H. Seebohra on the Phylloscopi 



Sylvia loquax, Herbert, White's Hist, of Selb. p. 55, note 

 (1833). 



Sylvia brevirostris, Strickland, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 98. 



Phylloscopus habessiniciis, Blanford, Ann. Nat. Hist. iv. 

 ser. 4, p. 329 (1869). 



Phylloscopus abyssinicus, Blanford, Geol. & Zool. Abyss, 

 p. 378 (1870). 



Phylloscopus brehmi, Homeyer, Erinn. a. d. Samml. Deut- 

 schl. Ornitli. 1870, p. 48. 



Bill slender, dark underneath. 



Upper parts greyish brown, dashed all over with yellowish 

 green. Wings and tail greyish brown, with the outside 

 edge of each feather broadly margined with yellowish 

 green. Superciliary streak yellowish green. 



Head the same colour as the back. 



Underparts white, dashed all over with yellow, which is some- 

 what buff on the breast and flanks. Axillaries, wing- 

 lining, and thighs yelloAv. 



Third and fourth primaries longest. Fifth rather shorter. 

 Sixth rather shorter. Seventh considerably shorter, and 

 eighth rather shorter than the preceding. Second pri- 

 mary considerably shorter than the sixth, frequently 

 shorter than the seventh, and occasionally shorter than 

 the eighth. 



Bastard primary medium, '5 to '65. 



No wing-bar. 



Length of wing — male 2"55 to 2"25, female 2*3 to 1*95. 



Length of tail— male 2-2 to 2*0, female 2-0 to 17. 



Legs dark brown. 



This species has a somewhat similar range to that of P. 

 trochilus, but does not go so far north in summer, nor so far 

 south in winter. It breeds in Central Europe, and winters 

 on both shores of the Mediterranean, and has been found as 

 far south as Abyssinia. 



I found it common in Norway as far north as Trondhjem ; 

 and Collett told me he had once found it as far north as 65°. 

 Col. Irby says it winters near Gibraltar, where a few remain 

 to breed (Orn. Straits Gib. p. 90). It winters in Andalucia 

 {Hoivard Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 213), Sardinia [Brooke, Ibis, 

 1873, p. 243), Pisa {Giglioli, Ibis, 1865, p. 53), Malta {Wright, 



