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probably it stays in some of the oases. It occurs in Italy from time to time, and has been 

 recorded three times from England (Devon two and Sussex one) and once from Ireland. In 

 Asia Minor and the Balkan Peninsula it is replaced by an allied form, and other races are 

 met with in East Africa and West Asia. [F. c. R. J.] 



BROWNBACKED-WARBLER [Agrobdtes galactotes syrlacus (Hemprich and Ehrenberg). 

 German, oeatlicher Heckensanycr ; Italian, rusignolo levantino]. 



1. Description. Closely resembles the above, but the upper parts are greyish brown instead 

 of chesnut, and the middle tail feathers are coloured like the back. Length 6i in. [165 mm.]. 

 General colour of the upper surface of the body, including the middle pair of tail feathers, 

 greyish brown; primaries and secondaries greyish brown, narrowly margined with whitish ; a 

 well-marked white eyebrow, reaching from the lores to the nape ; under surface of the body 

 greyish white, darkest on the chest and sides of the body ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 pale isabelline; upper mandible brown, lower mandible horn-colour; legs, feet, and claw horn- 

 colour, [w. i>. p. and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. This race inhabits the Balkan Peninsula from South Dalinatia and South 

 Herzegovina to Greece, the Ionian Isles, and the islands of the Archipelago. In Asia it is also 

 found in Asia Minor, and from the Lebanon northward in Syria. It winters in South Arabia, 

 North Somaliland, and occasionally in East Africa. It has been recorded from Italy, and twice 

 from England (Kent, 1907 ; Sussex, 1910). [F. c. R. J.] 



RADDE'S BUSH-WARBLER [Herbivtcula schwdrzi (Radde) ; Liu;cini6la schwdrzi (Radde)J. 



1. Description. Distinguished by its long first (outermost) primary, which is half as long 

 as the penultimate long primary. The sexes are alike in coloration. Length 5 in. [127 mm.]. 

 General colour of the upper parts olive-brown, purer olive on the lower back and rump ; a well- 

 marked yellow eyebrow from the lores to the nape ; wings and tail ash-brown, margined on the 

 outer web with olive-green ; under surface of the body yellowish white, most strongly marked 

 on the chest and sides of the body; under tail-coverts yellowish buff'; axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts yellowish buff; legs, feet, and claws pale horn-colour. After the autumn moult 

 the vipper parts become tawny olive, and the under parts are more or less suffused with tawny 

 buff. [w. p. p. and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. This species breeds from Kultuk on Lake Baikal to Ussuria and the 

 island of Saghalien, but there is some evidence that it is also found in the nesting season 

 farther westward (between Irkutsk and Tomsk). It winters in South China, Pegu, and Tenas- 

 serim, and has once been recorded from England (Lines., October 1898). [F. c. R. j.] 



ICTERINE- WARBLER [Hypoldia icterina (Vieillot). French, bee fin d poitrine jaune ; 

 German, Gartenspotter ; Italian, canapino maggiore]. 



1. Description. Recognised by its yellow upper and under parts. The sexes are alike 

 except that the female is rather less brightly coloured. Length 5 in. [139 mm.]. Upper 

 surface of the body dull olive-yellow ; wings and tail ash-brown, margined on the outer web 

 with olive-yellow; lores, feathers round the eye, and the entire under parts pale primrose- 

 yellow, darkest on the sides of the body ; axillaries and under wing-coverts yellowish white ; 

 the third primary longest, the second primary intermediate between the fourth and fifth. After 

 the autumn moult the olive-yellow of the upper parts is slightly greyer, and the under surface 

 paler, [w. p. p. and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. Generally distributed over the greater part of the European continent 

 in the breeding season, except in Norway beyond lat. 67 , Sweden north of about lat. 63, and 

 Northern Finland and Russia from about 57 in the Urals. It becomes scarce in South Russia, 



