LESSER WHITETHROAT. Sylvia curruca. 



Local summer visitor; in Ireland only one record. Breeds in Algeria, 

 Europe, and Siberia up to the Arctic Circle, Asia Minor, North Persia, 

 Turkestan, Mongolia, and North-east China. Winters in North tropical 

 Africa, India, and Ceylon. Eastern examples differ from western ones. 



RUFOUS WARBLER. Sylvia galactodes. 



Accidental visitor ; only three British records (Sussex, Devon), all of the 

 rufous form. Breeds in the basin of the Mediterranean, Persia, and 

 Russian Turkestan. Winters in Baluchistan, North-west India, and North 

 Africa. Eastern examples are greyer than western ones. 



WOOD-WREN. Phylloscopus sibilatrix. 



Summer visitor ; very rare in Ireland. Breeds in Central and South- 

 east Europe. Winters in North Africa, where a few remain to breed on 

 the Atlas Mountains. 



WILLOW-WREN. PhyUoscopus trochilus. 



Common summer visitor. Breeds in arctic and subarctic Europe, and 

 Siberia as far east as the Yenesei. Winters in Persia, the basin of the 

 Mediterranean (where a few remain to breed), and throughout Africa. 



■ CHIFFCHAFF. Phylloscopus rufus. 



Common summer visitor. Breeds in Europe as far north as Archangel 

 and as far east as the Volga, but very sparingly south of the Bhone and 

 the Danube, whence its winter-quarters extend to the confines of tropical 

 Africa. 



YELLOW-BROWED WILLOW-WREN. Phylloscopus superciliosus. 



Accidental visitor, only four British records (Northumberland, Glou- 

 cester, Shetland, Kerry). Breeds in the pine-forests of Eastern Sib-ria; 

 wintering in South China, Assam, Burma, and North-east India. 



