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The Chinese boys, unable to locate 

 the flight call, " pete," often explain 

 that it is the call of the earthworm ! 



PALLAS' WILLOW WARBLER. 



REGULOIDES PROEEGULUS (PALLAS). 



Description. — Length three and one 

 half inches. 



Olive green above, the head darker. 

 The crown has an irregular median 

 yellow stripe. Rump yellow. Below 

 white, washed with yellow, slightly 

 olive on the flanks. A yellow eyebrow 

 extending to the nape. The greater 

 and lesser wing coverts bordered 

 with yellow, forming two wing bars. 

 Wings and tail brown, feathers edged 

 greenish. 



Distribution. — Siberia, China, and 

 India. A migrant in the Yangtse 

 Valley. Breeds in the Himalayas at 

 considerable altitudes. 



YELLOW-BROWED WILLOW 

 WARBLER. 



REGULOIDES SUPEECILIOSUS (gM.) 



Description. — Length four and one 

 half inches. Bill brown, yellowish at 

 the base of the lower mandible. Tarsus 

 brownish flesh color. Iris brown. 



Upper parts olive, darker on the 

 crown. Wing feathers brown, edged 

 with greenish, and tipped white. Two 

 distinct wing bars. Tail quills edged 

 yellowish green on the outer webs. 

 Below white, sides of breast and 

 abdomen pale olive yellow. The 

 crown with a faintly marked yellow 

 median stripe. 



