30 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
the eye: centre of crown oragge-yellow, bordered by broad 
black line on either side ; ear-coverts slaty ; wings and tail dark 
brown with pale margins, crossed by two white bars; beneath 
dull buffish-white. Bill, legs, feet and claws dark brown ; irides 
hazel-brown. Length 3°5 inches; culmen 0°35; wing 2°'I5 ; 
tail 1°7 ; tarsus 0°75. 
Adult Female: Crest paler and general colouring less 
brilliant. 
Young in first plumage: Crown similar to rest of upper 
parts ; forehead, cheeks, and sides of neck cinereous. 
Distribution; Resident in most of temperate Europe, but 
not extending so far north as #. cristatus. Of casual occurrence 
only in Great Britain. 
Habitat: Similar to preceding species. 
Genus PHYLLOSCOPUS. 
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER. x 
Phylloscopus superciliosus (Gmev). 
Adult Male (Summer): Above greyish-olive, washed with 
green on rump and upper tail-coverts; zwugs brown, crossed 
by two conspicuous whitish bars ; most of feathers externally 
margined with yellowish-green ; from base of bill to nape a broad 
greyish-white streak, with a dark one immediately below it and 
through the eye ; beneath white, washed with yellowish-green, 
especially on flanks; axillaries yellow, bill, legs, feet, and 
claws brown; irides dark brown. Length 3°75 inches; cul- 
menos: wie 27; tail 1-7) tarsus o765. 
Adult Female (Summer): Similar, but somewhat dul- 
ler throughout. f 
Adult (Autumn): Above greener; eye-stripe very dis- 
tinct, but sulphur-coloured ; tips to wing-coverts and second- 
aries also sulphur-yellow. 
Distribution: An accidental visitor to England and 
elsewhere in Europe. Breeds in Northern Asia, wintering in 
Southern China and Burma. 
Habitat: Dense bushes, pine woods, &c. 
