38. YELLOW TEEE-WAEBLEE. Hypolais icterina (Yieillot). Sylvan. Europe, 

 Yery rare straggler to England and Ireland, yet common across the wintering m 

 Channel (e. g. near Boulogne). 



Above olive-green ; below greenish yellow ; lores yellow ; secondaries 

 broadly margined with huffish white. Legs bluish grey. Length 5^ inches. 



39. YELLOW-BEOWED WAEB'LEE. Phylloscopus superciliosus (J. F. N.Asia, 

 Gmelin). Svlvan. Eare straggler on migration to England and Scot- wintering m 

 land ; once in Ireland, Oct. 14, 1890. 



General colour above olive-green ; two greenish-yellow bars across each 

 wing ; a pale line on crown of head ; white or yellow eye-stripe from 

 base of bill to nape. Length 4 inches. 



Jlf 40. CHIFFCHAFF. Phylloscopus rufus (Bechstein). Sylvan. Spring 

 to autumn. 



Smaller than next, and duller in plumage. Legs nearly black. Length 

 4f inches. 



Earliest spring migrant. Nest domed and lined with feathers. 



ft^. 41. WILLOW- WABBLEE. Phylloscopus trochilus (Linnaeus). Sylvan. 

 ! Spring to autumn. 



Much as last, but larger and brighter. Legs light brown. Length 

 5 inches. 



Nest as above. 



i 42. WOOD-WAEBLEB. Phylloscopus siUlatrix (Bechstein). Sylvan. 

 Spring to autumn. 



Distinct light streak from base of bill over eye to crown ; white belly, 

 contrasting with yellow breast and throat. Length 5| inches. 

 Nest domed, but not lined with feathers. 



Subfamily EEGULIN2E. Arboreal. Each nostril covered 

 by a single stiff feather. 



43. GOLD-CBESTED WEEN. Regulus cristatus, K. L. Koch. 



Male. General colour above olive-green, a black streak on each side of 

 the orange-coloured crown. 



Female. Less bright than male. Length 3| inches. 

 Smallest of British birds. 



44. FIBE-CEESTED WEEN. Regulus ignicapillus (C. L. Brehm). 

 Europe. Scarce straggler. 



Male. Much as last, but whitish streak over the eye, and a third 

 black streak through eye to the olive-green nape; crown flame-coloured. 

 Female. Less bright than male. Length 4 inches. 



