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WILLOW WARBLER. 



Sylvia trochilus, Meyer, British Birds, folio Ed., vol. i, pi. 70 

 (coloured figure of adult and egg) [1835-43] ; Heivitson, Eggs 

 of British Birds, 2nd Ed., vol. i, pp. 101-102, pi. 28, figs. 

 3 and 4 (eggs), 1846; id., id., 3rd Ed., vol. i, pp. 137-138, pi. 

 36, fig*. 1 and 2 (eggs), 1856. 



Sylvia trochylus, Heivitson, British Oology, 1st Ed., vol. i, 2 pp., 

 pi. 115, 2 figs, (eggs), 1835. 



Phyllopneuste trochilus, Macgillivray, British Birds, vol. ii, pp. 

 371-378, 1839 ; Gould, Birds of Great Britain, vol. ii, 2 pp., 

 pi. 65 (coloured figures of adult male and female), 1862. 



Phylloscopus trochilus, Yarrell, British Birds, 4th Ed., edited by 

 Newton, vol. i, pp. 432-436 (woodcut), 1873 ; Dresser, Birds 

 of Europe, vol. ii, pp. 491-496, pis. 75 and 76 (coloured figures 

 of adults in early summer and autumn plumage), 1879 ; 

 Seebohm, British Birds, vol. i, pp. 430-434, pi. 10, fig. 10 

 (egg), 1883 ; Booth, Bough Notes, vol. ii, pp. 59-61, pi. 5 

 (coloured figure of adult and northern variety), 1883 ; Lilford, 

 Coloured Figures, vol. iii, p. 64, pi. 32 (coloured figure of 

 adult), 1887 ; Saunders, Manual of British Birds, 2nd Ed., 

 pp. 69-70 (woodcut), 1897. 



Croatian, Brezja Zenika ; Czechisch, Budnicek vetsi ; Dutch, de Fitis ; 

 Finnish, Uunilintu ; French, Pouillot-fitis ; German, Fitis-Laubvogel ; 

 Hungarian, Kdzonseges rendike ; Italian, Lui grosso ; Norwegian, Lof- 

 sanger; Eussian, Penotschka ; Spanish, Mosquitero, Mosquilla ; Swedish, 

 Lofsangare. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUMAGE. 



Adult Male in Spring.— All the upper parts are greenish 

 olive grey, but the crown and rump are brighter and slightly 

 more olive yellowish green. The flight and tail feathers are 

 brown narrowly edged with the same colour as the upper 

 parts, while the innermost and greater secondaries are broadly 

 edged with this same colour. The bastard wing is brown, and 

 the least wing-coverts the same colour as the back. The 

 superciliary stripe is pale olive yellow, the lores smoky grey, 



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