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elsewhere. It has been recorded from the Isle of Wight 

 in spring, and at St. Kilda and the Isle of May, Fife, in 

 autumn. 



General Distribution. The Scandinavian Chiffchaff breeds 

 in northern and eastern Europe, including Scandinavia. It 

 occurs on passage in western Europe and winters apparently 

 in Asia Minor, Palestine, and north-eastern and eastern 

 Africa, but its distribution has not yet been thoroughly 

 investigated. 



Phylloscopus tristis. SIBEEIAN CHIFFCHAFF. 



Phylloscopus tristis Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, xii. 

 1843, p. 966 : near Calcutta. 



Phylloscopus tristis Blyth ; Seelohm, Cat, Birds B. M. v. 1881, 

 p. 63 ; Clarke, Ann. Scottish Nat. Hist. 1907, p. 15. 



Tristis = sad. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A regular Autumn 

 Visitor to Fair Isle and Mainland, Shetlands, and has also 

 occurred at Sule Skerry, Orkneys, and at the Isle of May, 

 Fife. It has wintered in the Orkneys and Shetlands, and 

 has appeared at Fair Isle in May 1909. 



General Distribution. The Siberian Chiffchaff breeds from 

 the extreme east of Europe, from the Petchora and Urals to 

 Lake Baikal and in the higher mountains of Kashmir. It 

 migrates through Turkestan and winters in India. It has 

 occurred on Heligoland. 



Phylloscopus viridanus. GKEENISH WAEBLER. 



Phylloscopus viridanus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 

 xii. 1843, p. 967 : Calcutta. 



Phylloscopus viridanus Blyth ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, 

 p. 65. 



Viridanus = greenish. - , 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. It has 

 occurred once in Lincolnshire, Sept. 1896. 



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