PALLAS'S GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER. 

 Locustella certhiola (Pallas). 



An example of this rare Warbler was found dead at the Rockabill Lighthouse, 

 near Dublin, on September 28, 1908. Its summer haunts are in Asia, ranging 

 from the river Yenesei and the Altai mountains eastward to the Pacific. Passing 

 through China on migration, it winters in India, Burma, and the Malay Archi- 

 pelago. 



Pallas's Grasshopper- Warbler is decidedly larger than our bird, and in colour 

 is blackish-brown and reddish-brown, streaked with dark on the upper parts ; the 

 underparts being white, tinted with buff on the breast, flanks, and under tail 

 coverts. The tail feathers are tipped with white. 



The sexes do not differ in colour. 



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