100 BIEDS OF EGYPT. 



deep orange-yellow on the lower mandible ; legs pale brown ; 

 irides brown. 



Entire length 6"3 inches; culmen 0'6 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 3'6 ; tarsus 0'9. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 107. 



50. Htpolais el^ica (Lind.)*. Olivaceous Warbler. 



This is the most abundant Warbler in Nubia, and is not 

 ^ />LAA,/a7&. unfrequent in Egypt; but I have not met with it north of 

 Dendera, although it must be found over the whole country, 

 as it is not very uncommon in south-eastern Europe. In 

 Nubia it takes the place of the Willow Warbler and ChiiF- 

 ChafF, but prefers to live among the higher boughs of the 

 sont trees instead of the low thick herbage. Owing to its 

 dull coloration it may easily be overlooked; but, if pro- 

 cured, may at once be recognized by the breadth of its bill. 



H. languida (Hempr. & Ehr.). Under this name Von 

 Heughn (Orn. N. 0. Afr. p. 296) has made five races or sub- 

 species, the second of which, //. elcsica, is the only form 

 1 think should be included within the hmits of the present 

 work. 



Upper parts pale hair-brown ; primaries and tail darker, 

 with a pale narrow edging to all the feathers ; underparts 

 dirty white, the whole of the plumage faintly tinted with 

 yellow ; beak yellowish brown, darkest above ; legs and 

 irides brown. 



* Acrocephahis palUdus (Hempr. & Ehr.), " nee Gerbe " of Heuglin 

 (Orn. N. 0. Afr. p. 294), I consider to be synonymous with H. elceica 

 (Lind.). 



