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Mr. H. Seebohm on the Phylloscopi 
not stand (there being already a \'zochilus major of Forster, 
1817, among the synonyms of P. sibilatrix ), I propose to call 
it Phylloscopus gaetkei , hoping that future researches may 
establish its right to be considered a good species upon a 
firmer basis. 
22. Phylloscopus bonellii (Vieillot). 
Sylvia bonelli, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxviii. p. 91 (1819). 
Phyllopneuste bonelli , Bp. Comp. List, p. 13 (1838). 
Ficedula bonelli, Keys. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 185 (1840). 
Sylvia nattereri, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 227 (1820); 
Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 553. 
Curruca platystoma, Ehr. Symb. Phys. fol. cc (1829). 
Phyllopneuste montana , C. L. Brehm, Yog. Deutschl. p. 429 
(1831). 
Sylvia prasinopyga, Gloger, Handb. Yog. Eur. i. p. 217 
(1834). 
Sylvia albicans , Gloger, tom. cit. p. 217 (1834). 
Phyllopneuste alpestris, C. L. Brehm, Yogelfang, p. 232 
(1855). 
Phyllopneuste orientalis, C. L. Brehm, op. cit . p. 232 (1855). 
Bill slender, under mandible pale. 
Upper parts olive-green, dashed all over with pale huffish 
yellow, on the rump with sulphur-yellow. Wings and 
tail greyish brown, with the outside edge of each feather 
broadly margined with greenish yellow. Tertiaries edged 
with yellowish white. Primaries tipped with dirty white. 
Superciliary streak buffish yellow. 
Head the same colour as the back. 
Underparts white, slightly dashed with pale buff-yellow on 
the throat, and with yellow on the breast and flanks. 
Axillaries, wing-lining, and thighs yellow. 
Third and fourth primary longest. Fifth rather shorter. 
Sixth considerably shorter than fifth. Second primary 
between the fifth and seventh. 
Bastard primary medium, the exposed part measuring *5 to *6. 
No wing-bar, but wing-coverts edged, not tipped, with yel¬ 
lowish green. 
Length of wing—male 2*75 to 2*55, female 25 to 2*3. 
Length of tail—male 2*2 to 2’05, female 2*0 to 1*8. 
Legs and feet light brown. 
