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38. Yellow Tree-Wabbler, Hupolais icterina (Yieillot). Sylvan. Europe, 

 Very rare strag2;ler to England and Ireland, yet coiumou across the wintering in 

 Channel (<?. g. near Boulogne). ^- ^^"'^^• 



Above olive-green ; below gi-eenish yellow ; lores yellow ; secondaries 

 broadly margined with buiiish white. Legs hlaishyrey. Length 5| inches. 



39. Tbllow-bbowed Wabbleb. Phjlloscopus superciliosus (J. P. N. Asia, 

 Gmelin). Sylvan. Rare straggler on migration to England and Scot- wintering in 

 laud ; once in Ireland, Oct. 14,^890. •^'''™^- 



General colour above olive-green; two rireenish-ydloiv bars across each 

 whuj ; a pale line on crown of head ; white or yellow eye-stripe from 

 base of bill to nape. Length 4 inches. 



40. CiiiFFCUAFP. Phijlhscopus rufus (Bechstein). Sylvan. Spring 

 to autumn. 



Smaller than next, and duller in plumage. Legs nearhj hlaclc. Length 

 4f inches. 



Earliest spring migrant. Xest domed and lined with feathers. 



41. Willow- Warbler. Phylloseopus trochilus (Linnoous). Sylvan. 

 Spring to autumn. 



Much as last, but larger and brighter. Legs light brown. Length 

 5 inches. 



Nest as above. 



42. Wood-Warbler. PlujlJoscopus sibilatrLv (Bechstein). Sylvan. 

 Spring to autumn. 



Distinct light streak from base of bill over eye to crown ; white belly, 

 contrasting with yellow breast and throat. Length 5^^ inches. 

 Nest domed, but not lined with feathers. 



Subfamily EEGULIN.^. Arboreal. Each nostril covered 

 by a single stiff feather. 



43. Gold-crested Wren. Regulus cristatus, K. L. Koch. 



Male. General colour above olive-green, a black streak on each side of 

 the orange-coloured crown. 



Female. Less bright than male. Length Sg inches. 

 Smallest of British birds. 



44. Fibe-cbested Wben. Regulus ignicapillus (C. L. Brehm). 

 Europe. Scarce straggler. 



Male. Much as last, but whitish streak over the eye, and a tliird 

 black strtak through ej'e to the olive-green nape; crown flame-coloured. 

 Female. Less briL!;ht than male. Leufrth 4 inches. 



