HYPOLAIS 107 



It breeds from May to July and places its nest in holes, 

 amongst the roots of trees, in hollow tree-stumps or amongst 

 stones. The nest is loosely constructed of green moss and 

 small dead leaves, lined with fine grass, wool, hair, and feathers, 

 and is not domed. The eggs, from 4 to 5 in number, are pure 

 white and average in size 0*65 by O50. The nest is easy to 

 find as the birds are very noisy and demonstrative when anyone 

 approaches it. 



155. BROOKS'S WILLOW- WARBLER. 

 PHYLLOSCOPUS SUBVIRIDIS. 



Phylloscopus subviridis (Brooks), P. A. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 148 ; See- 

 bohin, Cat. B. Br. Mm v. p. 74, pi. iv. fig. 2 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. 

 Birds, i. p. 409. 



<$ ad. (India). Upper parts clear greenish yellow ; two distinct bars 

 across the wing ; mesial and superciliary stripes, sides of the head and 

 under parts yellow, tinged with ochreous ; bill greenish brown ; legs 

 greyish green ; iris blackish. Culmeri 0'45, wing 2 '35, tail T85, tarsus 0'7 

 inch ; first primary about 0'55 long, the second intermediate between the 

 eighth and ninth. 



Hob. Afghanistan and Kashmir in summer, wintering in the 

 North-western Provinces of India and the Punjab as far east as 

 Allahabad. 



Col. Biddulph says that it breeds in Gilgit in the Nulter 

 valley at 10,000 feet in July, and a specimen shot by Major 

 Wardlaw Ramsay at Bian Kheyl in Afghanistan in May 

 contained eggs nearly ready to lay, but its nest does not appear 

 to have been yet discovered. 



HYPOLAIS, Brehm, 1828. 



156. ICTERINE WARBLER. 

 HYPOLAIS ICTERINA. 



Hypolais icterina (Vieill.), N. Diet. xi. p. 194 (1817); Newton, i. 

 p. 360 ; Dresser, ii. p. 521, pi. 81 ; Saunders, p. 75 ; Lilford, iii. 

 p. 32, pi. 16 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 77 ; S. hypolais 

 Naumann, iii. p. 540, Taf. 80, fig. 1 ; Gould, B. of E. ii. pi. 133 ; 

 (id.) B. of Gt. Brit. ii. pi. 71. 



Becfin d poitrine jaune, French ; Gelbcr Spottvogel, German ; 

 Spotvogel, Dutch; Gulbuget Sanger, Dan.; Bastardnattergal, 

 Norweg. ; BastardnaJctergal, Swed. ; Kultarintakerttu, Finn.; 

 Ljcsnaja, Malinovka, Russ. ; Zaganiacz, Polish. 



