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MELODIOUS WARBLER. 



Hypolais polyglotta, Dresser, Birds of Europe, vol. ii, pi. 80 (adult 

 male), pp. 517-519, 1874 ; Saunders, Manual of British Birds, 

 2nd Ed., pp. 77-78 (woodcut), 1897. 



German, Kurzflilgeliger Gartenspotter ; Arabian, Belbel; French, Bee-fin 

 icterine ; Italian, Canapino ; Portuguese, Folosa ; Spanish, Almendrita de 

 verano ; Hungarian, Deli filzihe. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUMAGE. 



Adult Male in Spring — The upper parts are uniform olive 

 green washed with a light brownish colour, the rump being 

 a more distinct olive. The wing and tail-feathers are brown, 

 the bastard wing, primaries and their coverts, being narrowly 

 edged with light buff, whereas the median coverts, secondaries 

 and their coverts, are broadly margined with that colour. 

 The least wing-coverts are the same colour as the back, and 

 the tail-feathers are narrowly edged with light buff. The 

 lores and the distinct superciliary stripe are, like all the 

 under parts, a bright yellowish colour. Axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts are light buffish yellow, the under parts of the 

 wing and tail lavender brown, and the shafts of the feathers 

 whitish. The bill is a brownish horn colour, the lower 

 mandible being buffish yellow at the base r and the mouth 

 orange red. The iris is dark brown, and the feet horn 

 brown. 



The female resembles the male. 



