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flanks washed with yellowish aag@ grey ; bill dark brown above, 
lighter beneath; legs, feet and irides brown. Length 4'5 
inches ; culmen 0°5 ; wing 2°7 ; tail 1°7 ; tarsus 0°75. 
Autumn: Beneath pale yellow, breast and flanks washed 
with grey. 
Distribution: Ranges from north of Norway, across Asia 
to Alaska, occurring in winter as far south as the Indian 
Archipelago. (Dresser.) 
Habitat: Large birch forests, in the vicinity of lakes and 
rivers. 
Genus HYPOLals. 
MELODITOU'S .WA RE 2 EE. 
Hypolais polyglotta (Mzez/2). 
Adult (Summer): Above greyish-olive, darker on head ; 
wings and tail brown with lighter margins ; superciliary streak 
yellowish ; beneath pale yellow; flanks and sides of neck 
washed with pale brownish-olive ; bill above brown, beneath 
yellowish at base; degs and feet greyish-brown. irides brown. 
Length 4°5 inches; width of mandible at base 0-22; culmen 
0°53 wing 2:5; tail 2; tarsus 0°8. 
Adult (Winter): Greyer above and paler beneath. 
Young after first moult: Similar to adult in winter. 
Distribution: Inhabits South-western Europe and North- 
western Africa. 
Habitat: Marshy, bush-covered localities ; broom thickets, 
gardens. 
IC TERINE  WAREL Eps h 
Hypolais icterina (Vie7d/). 
Adult (Summer): Above olive-green; wings and tail 
brown, margined with whitish; denxeath greenish-yellow, also 
eye-stripe and axillaries ; bill brown above, horn-colour be- 
