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in September and the end of October or the first week in 
November. According to Dr. Pleske, the Yellow-browed 
Warbler nests throughout the whole of Siberia, from the Valley 
of the Ob to the Sea of Ochotsk, but has not yet been found 
in Kamtschatka. It winters in Southern China, the Burmese 
countries, and in India. 
, Hubiti. — Mr. Se bohm describes his meeting with this species 
ontheYene-ei Rewrites: “ On the willows of the steep bank 
-of the river little birds were feeding, industriously picking up 
in sects on the naked branches, and sometime t making flights in 
the air to catch a gnat upon the wing. Presently I heard a 
plaintive ‘weest,’ which reminded me of Heligoland ; and on 
shouting the brd I picked up a Yellow-browed Willow 
Warbler, as I expected. There was quite a little party of 
these diminutive creatures; an I th.-y were so tame after their 
long journey that I watched them for some time hopping from 
twig to twig, diligently seeking for food. I was often within 
four feet of on ? of them, and could distinctly see the white 
eye-stripe, and the two bars across the wing. . . . But 
although the Yellow-browed Warbler was thus early in arriving 
(June 2), it did not appear to be in any hurry to commence 
building operations. It soon became very common, frequent- 
ing almost exclusively the pine-forests on the banks of the 
Koorayika and the Yenesei. It was not particularly shy • 
and on more than one occasion I watched it for some time at 
a distance of only a few feet. On one occasion only I heard it 
make any attempt at a song; this was on the 21st of June 
The bird was perched on the extreme summit of a spruce and 
stood shivering its wings, u'terjng a few p’aintive notes, most 
of them poor feeble variations of its call-note. On the -> 6 th 
of June I was fortunate enough to find its nest. Curiously 
enough I was this time also in company with a HelRolander 
Mr. B filing, the ship-builder of Yen-e-saisk. Late in = the eve- 
mng we were strolling through the forest between the 
Koorayika and the Yenesei. As we were walking along a 
little bird started up near us, and began most persistently to 
utter the well-known cry of the Yellow- browed Warbler. As it 
kept firing around us from tree to tree, we naturally came to" 
the conclusion that it had a nest near. We searched for some 
time unsuccessfully, and then retired to a short distance and 
