or Willow-Warblers. 
95 
This species does not range further north in Europe than 
into Northern France, but breeds throughout Southern 
Europe, wintering in Africa, where it is found as far south 
as Nubia and Senegal ( Dresser , Birds of Europe). I have 
seen it during the breeding-season in Greece and Asia Minor. 
Tristram found it in summer in the Jordan valley (Ibis, 1867, 
p. 83). Capt. Shelley found it in summer in Egypt and Nubia 
(Ibis, 1871, p. 135). It passes Malta on migration (Wright, 
Ibis, 1864, p. 70). Tristram says that it is abundant in the 
oases of North Africa in winter (Ibis, 1859, p. 418). Col. 
Irby says that it breeds near Gibraltar (Ibis, 1872, p. 300) 
and accidental visitors are obtained in autumn on Heligoland 
(Ibis, 1875, p. 179). 
This species builds a semi-domed nest on the ground, lined 
with fine grass. The eggs are white, profusely spotted with 
dark purple. 
23. Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot). 
Sylvia rufa , Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. i. p. 188 (1802, 
nec Bodd.). 
Ficedula rufa, Koch, Baier. Zool. i. p. 160 (1816, nec Bodd.). 
Phyllopneuste rufa, C. L. Brehm, Yog. Deutschl. p. 433 
(1831, nec Bodd.). 
Trochilus rufa, Bennie, Field Nat. i. p. 52 (1833, nec Bodd.). 
Sylvicola rufa, Eyton, Cat. Brit. B. p. 14 (1836, nec Bodd.). 
Sylvia collybita, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xi. p. 235 (1817). 
Phylloscopus collybita , Newton, in Yarr. Brit. B. ed. 4, i. 
p. 437 (1873). 
Trochilus minor, Forst. Synopt. Cat. p. 14 (1817). 
Sylvia abietina, Nilss. K. Yet. Ak. Handl. 1819, p. 115. 
Regulus hippolais, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 72 (1828). 
Sylvia hippolais, Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 131, fig. 2 (1837). 
Phyllopneuste sylvestris, C. L. Brehm, Yog. Deutschl. p. 431 
(1831). 
Phyllopneuste solitaria, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 432 
(1831). 
Phyllopneustepinetarum, C. L. Brehm, Yog. Deutschl. p.432 
(1831), 
