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Croatian, Brezja Zenika; Czechisch, Budnicek vetsi; Dutch, de Fitis; Finnish, Uunilintu; French, Pouillot-fitis; German, Fitis-Laubvogel; Hungarian, Közönséges rendike; Italian, Lui grosso; Norwegian, Löfsanger; Russian, Penotschka; Spanish, Mosquitero, Mosquilla; Swedish, Löfsangare.

Adult Male in Spring.—All the upper parts are greenish olive grey, but the crown and rump are brighter and slightly more olive yellowish green. The flight and tail feathers are brown narrowly edged with the same colour as the upper parts, while the innermost and greater secondaries are broadly edged with this same colour. The bastard wing is brown, and the least wing-coverts the same colour as the back. The superciliary stripe is pale olive yellow, the lores smoky grey,