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HYPOLAIS PALLIDA. 



(OLIVACEOUS WARBLER.) 



Curruca pallida, Ehr. Symb. Phys. fol. bb (1829). 



Curruca andromeda, Ehr. loc. cit. (1829). 



Curruca maaillaris, Ehr. loc. cit. (1829). 



Salicaria elmca, Lindermayer, Isis, 1843, p. 342. 



Hippolais elmca (Lincl.), Gerbe, Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 440. 



Ficedula ambigua, Schlegel, Eev. Crit. pp. xxvi et 54 (1844). 



Ficedula elmca (Lind.), Schleg. Obs. sur les S. G. des Pouillots, p. 27 (1848). 



Sylvia preglii, Frauenfeld, Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien, i. p. 53 (1852). 



Hypolais verdati, Jaub. Rev. Zool. 1855, p. 70. 



Sylvia elaica (Lind.), Von der Miihle, Monogr. eur. Sylv. p. 93 (1856). 



Chloropeta elmca (Lind.), Bp. Cat. Parzud. p. 6 (1856). 



Salicaria pallida (Ehr.), Severtzoff, Turk. Jevot. pp. 66, 129 (1873). 



Figura unica. 

 O. des Murs, Icon. Ornith. pi. 58. fig. 1. 



6 ad. corpore supra pallide olivascenti-brunneus, dorso clariore et uropygio vix pallidiore : stria, indistincta 

 flavicanti-cervina, a rostro supra oculum utrinque producta : rernigibus saturate brunneis, secundariis 

 intimis pallidioribus, et omnibus pallide brunneo marginatis : rectricibus saturate brunneis, margimbus 

 vix pallidioribus : corpore subtus albo, vix cervino lavato, hypochondriis pallide brunneo adumbratis : 

 gula et abdomine centrali albis : rostro brunnescenti-corneo, mandibula ad basin sordide flavicante : 

 pedibus pallide cornescenti-brunneis : iride fusca. 



$ haud a mare distinguenda. 



Adult Male (Egypt) . Upper parts pale dull olive-brown, clearer on the back in colour, and rather lighter 

 on the rump; from the base of the bill over the eye a rather indistinct yellowish stripe; wings dark 

 brown, the inner secondaries lighter in colour, all the feathers having lighter margins ; tail dark brown, 

 very narrowly edged with lighter brown ; underparts buffy white, the throat and the centre of the 

 abdomen almost pure white ; flanks washed with pale brownish ; bill horn-brown, dull yellowish at the 

 base of the lower maudible ; legs pale horn-brown ; iris dark brown. Total length about 5 inches, 

 culmen 0-62, breadth of under mandible at base 0-22, wing 2-63, first primary extending 0-27 beyond 

 the wing-coverts, and 1-15 shorter than the second, second 0-2 shorter than the third, third and fourth 

 equal, tail 2'2, tarsus 0"83. 



Female (Guiken, Asia Minor, 27th May) . Simdar to the male, but, if any thing, a trifle greyer on the 

 upper parts. 



The present species inhabits South-eastern Europe and Western Asia in the summer season, 

 migrating southward into Africa during the winter ; but in Western Europe and North-western 



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