Birds of Britain 

 THE RUFOUS WARBLER 



Aedon galactodes (Temminck) 



This handsome species is only a summer migrant to the 

 South of Spain, and the few that have occurred in England 

 are merely stragglers carried out of their course. It has 

 been taken in Sussex and once in Devon, in all cases during 

 the autumn. 



It is a conspicuous bird, like a large pale-coloured Night- 

 ingale, and may be recognised by its fan-shaped tail with 

 black subterminal spots and white tips. Length 6*5 in. ; 



RADDE'S BUSH WARBLER 



Lusciniola schwarzi (Radde) 



This species, which breeds in North-Eastern Siberia and 

 migrates in winter to China and Burma, has only once been 

 obtained in this country, namely in October 1898, by Mr. 

 Haigh, on the Lincolnshire side of the Humber. Mr. Haigh's 

 attention was drawn to it by the loud and powerful note. 

 The general colour above is olive brown, tinged with tawny 

 on the rump. Under parts yellowish white. There is a 

 broad white superciliary stripe, which ends abruptly in a 

 manner characteristic of this species. Length 5 "5 in. ; 

 wing 2 '4 5 in. 



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