THE WARBLERS 







[ORDER: Pdsseriformes. FAMILY: Tiirdidce. SUB- FAMILY : Sylviince] " 



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PRELIMINARY CLASSIFIED NOTES 



W. P. PYCBAFT. 



NOTICE. 



In order to render the Notes on Distribution more complete, 

 the range of each species outside its breeding area will be briefly 

 indicated. What additions are necessary to the preceding Dis- 

 tribution Notes, those in Vol. I., will be made in the form of 

 Addenda at the end of the work. Owing to misleading statements 

 that have been made, it is necessary to repeat here what was 

 said in the Preface : that " a detailed account of the geographical 

 distribution of our birds lies outside the scope of the work, which 

 professes to deal comprehensively only with their habits" (Vol. I., 

 p. iv.). But the Summaries given provide recent information, 

 especially as to the distribution of British local races, which is 

 not available in any other work on British Birds. 



Bechst. Peggy- 

 emonger, straw- 

 2 ; Italian, ster- 



y age by the fact 

 s of the primary 

 ind secondaries. 

 ;h ochre, save the 

 athers are sepia- 

 , with an oblique 

 mi, those of the 

 inner secondaries 

 narrow, margins 

 white, the fore- 



breast and abdomen whitish ; but the fBHHlMPWHBHBMHBPdelicate rosy buff 

 hue. The flanks are light brown and the under tail-coverts whitish buff. The iris 

 is light rusty buff, and the legs are of a buffish flesh-colour. After the autumn 

 moult the grey of the head is marked by a brown hue, and the rose-colour of the 

 breast is conspicuous by its absence. Length 5-5 in. [140 mm.]. The female differs 

 from the male chiefly in having the head brown, like the back, and the rest of the 

 plumage duller. The juvenile plumage resembles that of the adult, but is of a 

 darker brown above, while the major coverts and secondaries have decidedly redder 

 margins than in the adult. The tail feathers are also margined with brown, especi- 

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