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wings and tail brown, edgedg}n outer webs with yellowish- 
green ; second primary intermediate between fifth and stxth ; 
distinct greenish-yellow stripe from base of bill to crown ; 
beneath greyish-white, suffused with yellow; bill, legs, feet and 
claws drown ; irides hazel. Length about 5 inches; culmen 
Gras; wing 277; tail 2°; tarsus 076; 
Nestling: Above as in adult but darker; eye-stripe just 
discernible ; beneath white, washed with pale yellow ; edges 
of wing and thigh feathers yellow. 
Distribution: Summer visitant from Africa and Persia to 
Europe, ranging northwards to the Arctic regions. 
Habitat: Similar to that of preceding species. 
WOOD WARBLER OR WOOD WREN.V 
Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Lechs?). 
Adult (Summer): <Advve yellowish-green, yellower on 
rump and upper tail-coverts ; eye-stvipe aistinct, greenish-yel- 
low ; wing-coverts olive-green with paler margins ; quills brown, 
tipped with greyish-white, edged with yellowish-green ; sides of 
head, upper throat and chin yellow, which also slightly tinges 
the flanks ; uxzder-parts otherwise white ; bill dark brown above, 
much paler below; legs and feet brown; irides hazel-brown. 
Length 4°8 to 5°25 inches; culmen 0°3; wing 2°8 to 3; tail 
23 tarsus: o"7. . 
Nestling: Above as in adult, but quills paler, chin and 
throat yellow, rest of lower parts pure white. 
Distribution: A summer migrant to Great Britain and 
Northern temperate Europe. Winters in Northern Africa. 
Habitat: Deciduous woods and copses. 
BONELLI’S WARBLER. 
Phylloscopus bonellii (Mezd/). 
Adult (Spring): Above buffish-brown, suffused with yel- 
low on rump and upper tatl-coverts ; eye-stripe indistinct, 
greyish-white ; wings and tail brown, edged with paler brown 
and greenish-yellow ; beneath white, faintly shaded with buffish- 
