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 Plate 9. — 1, Continental Blue Titmouse {Parus c. caruleiis). 

 2, British Blue Titmouse (P. c. ohscurus). 3, Continental Coal- 

 Titmouse {P. a. ater). 4, Adult, 5, Juvenile of British Coal-Titmouse 

 (P. a. hritannicus). 6, Irish Coal-Titmouse {P. a. hiherniciis). 1, 

 British Marsh -Titmouse (P. p. dresser i). 8, British Willow- 

 Titmouse (P. a. He^wsc/?w^■rf<^■) facing 232 



Scottish Crested Titmouse [Parns c. scotictt-s), adult and juvenile heads 238 



Plate 10. — 1. Northern Long-tailed Titmouse [.Egithalos c. caiidatus). 



2, Adult, 3, Juvenile of British Long-tailed Titmouse [AS. c. 



roseus). 4, Adult, 5, Juvenile of British Golden-crested Wren 



(Recfidus r. angloritm). 6, Fire-crested Wren (P. i. ignicapillns). 



7, Adult male, 8, Adult female. 9, Juvenile of Bearded Titmouse 

 [Pannnis b. hiarmictis). 10, Adult male, 11, Juvenile of Red- 

 backed Shrike {Laniiis c. coUurio). 12, Juvenile Spotted Fly- 

 catcher {Mvscicapa s. striata) ... ... facing 256 



Lesser Grey Shrike {Lanius minor), showing difference in wing- 

 formula as compared with Great Grey Shrike ... ... ... 260 



Great Grey Shrike [L. e. excubitor), head ... ... ... ••• 263 



Great Grey Shrike, wing ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 264 



Corsican Woodchat Shrike (L. s. hadiiis) and the Woodchat Shrike 



{L. s. senator), wings ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• 268 



Masked Shrike {L. nubicus), head ... ... ... ... ... 272 



Waxwing (Bomhycilla garridt(s), head and wing ... ... ... 279 



Pied Flycatcher (Mtiscicapa h. hypoleuca), head and wing ... ... 289 



Collared Flycatcher {M. alhicollis), head and wing ... ... ... 293 



Red-breasted Flycatcher (M. p. parva), tail ... ... ... ... 295 



Chiffchaff {Phylloscopus c. collyhita) and Willow-Warbler {Pli. t. 



trochihts), showing difference in wing-formula ... ... ... 299 



Greenish Warbler [Ph. n. viridanus), showing difference in wing- 



formvila as compared with Eversmann's Warbler ... ... ... 308 



Wood-Warbler {Ph. s. sihilatrix), showing minute 1st primary ... 309 



Eversmann's Warbler [Ph. h. borealis), showing difference in wing- 

 formula as compared with Greenish Warbler ... ... ... 312 



Plate 11. — 1, Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus c. collyhita) winter. 2, Siberian 

 Chiffchaff (Ph. c. tristis) winter. 3, Adult summer, 4, First 

 winter of Willow-Warbler (Ph. t. trochilus). 5, Northern Willow- 

 Warbler {Ph. t. eversmanni) advilt summer. 6, Greenish Warbler 

 (Ph. n. viridamis). 7, Wood-Warbler (Ph. s. sihilatrix) juvenile. 



8, Eversmann's Warbler [Ph. h. hor<>aHs) first winter. 9, Yellow- 

 browed Warbler (Ph. h. pr(pmium) winter ... ... facing 312 



Dusky Warbler (Ph. fuscatus), head, wing and tail ... ... ... 318 



Radde's Bush-Warbler (Herhivocula schwarzi) and Dusky Warbler 



(Ph. fuscatus), bills 320 



Cetti's Warbler (Cettia c. cetti), tail 322 



Moustached Warbler (Lusciniola m. melanopogon), tail ... ... 324 



Plate 12. — 1, Savi's Warbler (Locustella I. luscinioides). 2, Grass- 

 hopper-Warbler (L n. ncpvia), ^ summer. 3, lanceolated 

 Warbler (L. lanceolata) ^ summer. 4, Barred Warbler (Sylvia 

 n. nisoria), 1st winter. 5. Orphean Warbler (S. h. horfen- 

 sis) ^. 6, Garden-Warbler (S. horin). 7, Blackcap (S. a. atri- 

 capilla) c? ... ... ... ... ... ... ... facing 328 



Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler (Locustella certhiola). tail ... ... 329 



Great Reed-Warbler (Acrncephalus a. arund.inaceus), head ... ... 335 



Great Reed-Warbler and Eastern Great Reed-Warbler (.4. a. orientaUs) 



showing difference in wings ... ... ... ... ... ... 338 



Reed-Warbler (.4. .s. scirpaceus) , head ... ... ... ... ... 339 



Reed-AVarbler (,4. s. scirpaceus), Marsh-Warbler (A. paliistris) and 



Blyth's Reed-Warbler (.4. drimetorum), wings, showing differences 342 

 Moustached Warbler (Lusciniola m. melanopogon), Sedge-Warbler 



(A. schcenohceniis) and Aquatic Warbler {A. aquaticus), heads ... 346 



