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ICTERINE WARBLER. 



Hypolais icterina, Yarrell, British Birds, 4th Ed., edited by Newton, 

 vol. i, pp. 360-363 (woodcut), 1873; Dresser, Birds of Europe, 

 vol. ii, pp. 521-525, pi. 81 (coloured figures of adult and young), 

 1874 ; Lilford, Coloured Figures, vol. iii, p. 32, pi. 16 (coloured 

 figure of adult), 1886 ; Saunders, Mamial of British Birds, 2nd Ed., 

 pp. 75-76 (woodcut), 1897. 



Hypolais hypolais, Seebohm, British Birds, vol. i, pp. 381-384, pi. 10, 

 fig. 13 (egg), 1883. 



Dutch, Spotvogel ; French, Bee-fin a poitrine jaune ; German, Gelber 

 Spottvogel ; Hungarian, Sdrga filzike ; Italian, Ganapino maggiore ; 

 Norwegian, Bastard-Nattergal ; Russian, Penotschkasadovaja ; Swedish, 

 Gulbrostad sangare. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUMAGE. 



Adult Male in Spring.— The upper parts generally are 

 pale olive green, but the upper tail-coverts are rather more olive 

 brown. The wings are brown, the primaries being edged with 

 pale greyish green and narrowly tipped with white, whilst 

 the secondaries are edged with the same colour, which 

 becomes paler on the innermost secondaries. The primary 

 coverts and bastard wing are of a uniform brown colour, the 

 secondary coverts brown broadly edged with pale greyish 

 green, and the median coverts are the same colour as the 

 upper parts. The tail is brown, the outer edge of each 

 feather being pale greyish green. The superciliary stripe is 

 light yellow, the lores yellow, the cheeks brownish yellow, 

 and the under parts pure light yellow washed with brown on 

 the sides of the upper breast. The axillaries and under wing 

 coverts are white washed with sulphur yellow. The under side 

 of the wing is light brown, the inner edges of the feathers 

 being whitish with a trace of yellow ; the under tail-coverts 



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