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Gerbe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 495 (1867) ; Loche, Expl. Sci. Alger., Ois. i. 



p. 279 (]807) ; Gould, B. Gt. Br. ii. pi. 53 (1868); Ilcugl. Orn. 



N.O.-Afr. i. p. 276 (1809); Fritsch, Voy. Eur. p. 153 (1870); 



Hartin'q, Handb. Br. B. p. 105 (1872) ; IShelUy, B. Egypt, p. 85 



(1872)'; Neict. ed. Yarr. Br. B. i. p. 355 (1873); Dresser, B. Eur. 



pt. xixii. (1.^74) ; Irhg, B. Gibr. p. 92 (1875). 

 Sylvia rubiginosa, Teinm. Man. d'Orn. iii. p. 129 (1835). 

 Agrobates galactodes* (Temm.), Sicains. C/assif. B. ii. p. 241 (1837) 

 Salicaria galactodes* {Temm.), Gould, B. Eur. ii. pi. 112 (1837); 



Kegs. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. pp. iv, 183 (1840). 

 Ervthropvgia galactodes {Temm.), Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. i|- iN^, 



Amer. "p. 13 (1838). 

 Aedon rubiginosa {Temm.), Degl. Orn. Eur. i. p. 567 (1849). 

 Aedou niiuor, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 39 (1850). 

 Calamoherpe galactodes {Temm.), Schl. Vog. JS'ederl. p. 141 (1854). 

 Aedon pallens brachyrLynchos, \ 



Aedon palleus niacrorhynchos, | 



Aedon galactodes brachyrhyiielios, f Brehm, Journ. Orn. 1856, 

 Aedon galactodes macrorhyuchos, | pp. 441, 442. 

 Aedon nieridionalis bracbyi-h^-nchos, | 

 Aedon nieridionalis macrorbynchos, / 

 Agrobates rubigiuosus {Temm.), Dubois, Ois. Eur. pi. 74 (1862). 



In the adult male in spring plumage the general colour of the 

 upper parts is a palish chcstnut-bro\A'n or giraffe-colour ; lores and 

 the feathers behiud the eye bro-wu ; eye-stripe bufRsh ■white, ex- 

 tending to the nape ; quills and wiug-covcrts brown, the outside 

 ■webs margined with huffish ■white ; tail rich chestnut-brown, the 

 two centre feathers with a more or less obscure broad terminal dark 

 hand, sometimes obsolete, the remaining feathers with broad terminal 

 white bands and nearly black subterminal bands. The whole of 

 the underparts very l)ale butfish white, slightly darker on the sides 

 of the breast and flanks ; inner margin of quills buff. Bill with 

 the upper mandible brown and the under mandible horn-colour ; 

 i-ictal bristles very small. Wings with the third, fourth, and fifth 

 primaries nearly equal and longest, second primary about equal to 

 the sixth, bastard primary 0'7 to 0"5. Tail shorter than the wing, 

 considerably rounded, the outside feathers 0'2 to 0-2b inch shorter 

 than the longest. Legs, feet, and claws pale brown. Length of wing 

 3-5 to 3-0 inches, tail 2-9 to 2-.5, culmen 0-8 to 0-7, tarsus 1-1 to LO. 



The differences in the colour of the plumage caused by age, sex, 

 and season are very small. Examjdcs from Abyssinia are on an 

 average smaller than those from other localities, and might almost 

 he allowed subgeneric rank, in which case they will stand as Sylvia 

 minor (Cab.). 



The Eufous Warbler breeds in Spain and Portugal, and through- 

 out North Africa as far south as Abvssinia, in the latter country 

 being a resident. It is said also to ■winter on the Gold Coast. 



a. Ad. St. Start Point, Devonshire. W. D. Llewellvn, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Tangier {Okese). Col. Irby [P.]." 



c. Ad. St. Tunis. L. Fraser, Esq. [C.]. 



* Spelt galactotes. 



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