OLIVE TREE WABBLEB. 



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INSECTIVORtE. 



Famili/ SYLVIIDu^. 



Genus Hypolais. f C. L. Brelim.J 



Generic Chai-acters. — Bill stouf, very wide at the base, the edges straight; 

 somewhat compressed towards the tip, which is slightly emarginated. Nostrils 

 basal, oblique, oval, and exposed. Wings rather long and pointed, the first 

 quill very short, the third usually the longest. Tail moderate, rounded, 

 square, or slightly forked. Legs with the tarsi short, the feet small, and 

 the claws short, but much curved. 



OLIVE TKEE WARBLER. 



Hypolais olivetorum. 



Hippolais olivetorum. 



Sylvia olivetorum. 



Calamoherpe olivetorum, 

 Chloropeta olivitorum, 

 Salicaria olivetorum, ? 



Bee-fin des oliviers, 

 Oliven Rohrsdnger, 



Z. Gerbe; Revue Zool., 1844-6, 

 Diet, in Hist. Nat., 1848. 



Degland; 1849. 



Strickland in Gould's B. of E., 

 p. 109, 1836. Bree; ist. Edition. 



Temminck; Manual, 1840. 



MtJHLE; 1856. 



Bonaparte's List, 1838. 



Bonaparte; Gen. Consp. Av. 



Keyserling and Blasius, 1840. 



Schlegel, 1844. 



Of the French. 



Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — Plumage above shaded with olive brown ; wings in 

 repose do not quite reach to half the tail; first primary equal to the second 

 and fourth, third longest; beak broad and compressed sideways anteriorly, 

 the tip having a tooth-like or notched curve. 



Length six inches five lines ; wings from carpus to tip three inches and 

 two lines; tail two inches and a half; beak from gape nine lines and three 



