GREENISH WILLOW-WARBLER. 
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greenish yellow ; under surface of body pale greenish-yellow ; 
the under wing-coverts and axillaries pale yellow ; “ bill brown 
above, brotvnish-yellow below ; legs and feet pale olivaceous 
grey; iris dark brown” (^E. A. Butler). Total length, 4 75 
inches ; culmen, o'5 ; wing, 2’2 ; tail, i"i ; tarsus o'y. 
Range in Great Britain. — A specimen of this Indian species 
was shot by Mr. G. H. Caton Haigh at North Cotes, on the 
Lincolnshire coast, on the sth of September, 1896. Mr. 
Caton Haigh observes “ The weather prevailing at the time 
of its appearance was such as usually results in a gieat immi- 
gration of small birds — the wind backing to the East on the 
night of the 3rd, and blowing a fresh breeze from that quarter 
on the 4th and 5th, with heavy rain commencing to fall on the 
afternoon of the 4th, and lasting without intermission for 
twenty-four hours.” 
Range outside the British Islands. — Mr. Giitke records three 
specimens from Heligoland. The home of this specif is in 
Central Asia, as it nests in the Altai Mountains, and in Tur- 
kestan, as well as in the Himalayas. Its eastern breeding- 
range extends to the Ural Mountains and North-Eastern 
Russia. In winter it is spread over the Indian peninsula to 
Ceylon. 
Hahits. — An excellent account of this species is given by Mr. 
Dresser in his “ Birds of Europe,” from which we learn that it 
frequents mixed groves and woods ; and, according to Severtzoff, 
it is to be met with among bushes and the tall steppe-grass. 
Dr. Scully noticed it amongst the tamarisk and willow bushes, 
and remarks that it seemed very restless, continually flitting 
from spray to spray. Both Blyth and Dr. Scully state that its 
voice is weak, and the former describes the note as ins- 
yip, frequently uttered. Sabanaeff, however,says that the voice 
of this bird consists of so loud and so strong a trill that it can 
scarcely be recognised as the song of a Leaf-Warbler, and its 
call-note, which is a short and shrill psi-psi, closely resembles 
that of the Yellow Wagtail.” (Cf. Dresser, B. Eur. Suppl. 
p. 90). 
Nest. — One found by Mr. W. E. Brooks in Kashmir, was 
domed, and placed on a steep hank-side of a lavine full of 
