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Description. — Adult male and female. Winter. — Whole 

 upper-parts uniform pale browai ; narrow stripe from base 

 of bill and over eye creamy-white ; ear-coverts and sides of 

 neck very pale brown ; whole under-parts including axillaries 

 and under tail-coverts creamy-wliite, sides of breast and 

 flanks tinged very pale brown ; tail-feathers dark browTi, 

 inner webs very narrowly margined creamy-white and outer 

 webs of outermost pair pale dusky (sometimes whitish) ; 

 primaries and secondaries dark brown with inner webs 



OLIVACEOUS WAEBr.ER {llypolais p. pallida). 

 Shot near St. Leonanls-on-Sea on May 20tb, 1915. 



narrowly fringed white and outer webs fringed pale brown ; 

 all wing-coverts dark brown fringed and tipped pale brown as 

 rest of upper-parts. This plumage is acquired by complete 

 moult in July-Oct. Summer. — A complete moult (including 

 wings and tail) takes place Jan. -March. New plumage as 

 winter. 



Nestling. — (Not examined.) Juvenile. — Like adult and 

 only distinguishable by looser structure of feathers. 



First winter. — Like adult. The juvenile body-plumage, 

 median and lesser wing-coverts and innermost secondaries are 

 moulted July-Oct. but not rest of wings or tail. 



Measurements arid structure. — (^ wing 64-68 mm., tail 50-55, 



