CLASSIFIED NOTES 489 



PALLAS' WILLOW-WARBLER (I'hyllwojtua prorfyulus (Pallas). German, Goldhahnclien- 



1. Description. Recognised by a double wing-bar and a broad and well-defined golden 

 yellow streak down the middle of the crown. The sexes are alike, excepting that the female is 

 slightly duller in coloration. Length 3J in. [95 ram.]. General colour of the upper surface 

 olive-green, darkest on the head, a broad hand down the middle of the head, a wide eyebrow 

 and a streak below the eye golden yellow; rump primrose-yellow; primary flight-feathers 

 blackish brown, margined on the outer web with olive-yellow ; greater and median wing-coverts 

 widely tipped with golden yellow, forming two conspicuous wing-bars ; cheeks and sides of the 

 face bright yellow ; under surface white, suffused with yellow, especially on the chin, sides of 

 the body, and under toil-coverts : axillarics and under wing-coverts yellow, fw. p. p. and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. Breeds in Siberia from the Lena to the Pacific Ocean and south to the 

 Stanovoi Mountains, while a closely allied race nests in the mountain forests of the Himalayas 

 from Hazara and Kashmir to Butan. The greater part of this species migrates to South 

 China, but some have been recorded from Orenburg (Russia), Heligoland, Dalmatia, and once 

 in England (Norfolk, October 1896). [F. c. R. .r.] 



GREENISH WILLOW- WARBLER [Phyllfocopua viriddnus Blyth]. 



1. Description. Recognised by having only one wing-bar. The sexes are alike in colora- 

 tion, except that the female is duller. Length 4 in. [102 mm.]. General colour of the upper 

 parts greenish olive, slightly paler on the rump, a well-marked pale yellow eyebrow stripe; 

 wings blackish brown, bordered on the outer web with yellow, the greater coverts being tipped 

 with yellowish white, forming a wing-bar ; tail ash-brown, narrowly edged with yellow on the 

 outer web. General colour of the under surface white, washed with yellow ; axillarics, under 

 wing-coverts, and thighs primrose-yellow. The third, fourth, and fifth primaries longest, and 

 the second primary is intermediate in length between the seventh and eighth, [w. p. p. 

 and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. This species is known to breed in the Russian Baltic Provinces (and 

 probably also in North-east Russia), as well as from Central Russia to Western Siberia as far as 

 the Altai range, parts of Northern Turkestan, and possibly even to Gilgit and Kashmir. It is 

 replaced by other races in East Siberia, and from the Caucasus to Afghanistan. The normal 

 winter quarters lie in the Indian Peninsula, but the eastern race winters in Pegu, the Malay 

 Peninsula, Cochin China, etc. It has occurred three times on Heligoland and once in England 

 (Lines., September 1896). [F. c. R. J.] 



SIBERIAN-CHIFFCHAFF [Phylldacopus collybita tristis Blyth. German, sibirischer 

 Laubsiinger]. 



1. Description. Differs from the above in having no yellow on the under parts, excepting 

 on the axillaries. Length 5 in. [127 mm.]. General colour above ash-brown, suffused with 

 yellow, especially on the rump, an indistinct dull yellowish white eyebrow stripe ; wings ash- 

 brown, slightly margined on the outer web with yellowish green ; tail similar to the wings ; 

 general colour of the under surface white, tinged with buff, especially on the sides of the face 

 and sides of the body; the third and fourth primaries are the longest; second primary equal 

 to the seventh or slightly shorter, [w. p. p. and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. In Europe this race is only known to breed in North-east Russia from 

 the Petschora delta eastward, and south to the Middle Ural range. In Asia its breeding range 

 extends from Orenburg through Western Siberia and the Altai range east to Lake Baikal. In 

 winter it migrates through Turkestan to Mesopotamia and the northern part of India. Has 



