102 BIEDS OF EGYPT. 



a lively cheerful bird, in habits and appearance very closely 

 resembling the Willow Warbler. 



Upper plumage ashy brown, inclining to bright yellow on 

 the rump ; wings and tail brown, edged with pale hair-brown 

 and greenish yellow ; underparts white, faintly shaded with 

 paler brown ; sides of the breast and under the wing tinted 

 with sulphur-yellow; a rather distinct white streak runs from 

 the beak through the eye ; beak fleshy brown, darker above ; 

 legs pale brown ; irides brown. 



Entire length 4-5 inches; culmen 0'35 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 2*5; tarsus 0'8. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 134 



■ f , , 53. Phyllopneuste rufa (Gm.). Chif-Chaif Warbler. 



{' / The Chiff-Chaff is a winter visitant to Egypt and Nubia, 

 fOcucA^ueA, and at this season is extremely abundant, especially in the 

 Delta. 



Head, back, scapulars, and upper tail-coverts olive ; wings 

 and tad pale dusky, with olive-green borders to the feathers ; 

 edge of the wing and under wing-coverts sulphur-yellow ; a 

 faint yellowish eyebrow ; lores grey ; underparts white, tinted 

 on the throat, breast, and flanks with pale brownish yellow ; 

 legs dark brown ; beak brown, shading off' into flesh-colour at 

 the base of the lower mandible ; irides brown. 



Entire length 4-5 inches; culmen 0-3; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 2"3 ; tarsus 0"8. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 131. 



