23G ^Ir.C. A. V^'n^ht's Fifth Appendix to a 



Aedon galactodes, A'edon rubiyinosa (Ibis, 1804, p. 72). 

 A Rufous Warbler (the intermediate appellation of " Sedge " 

 having been very properly suppressed since its habits have be- 

 come better known) was taken alive on the 23rd May, 1873. 

 It soon became accustomed to its prison-house and familiar 

 with those who gave it food. It is a very lively bird, con- 

 stantly on the move, frequently raising and dropping its tail, 

 which it spreads out like a lady^s fan. 



Hypolais icterina (VieilL), Motacilla hypolais (Linn.), 

 (Ibis, 1864, p. 71). This bird, about which there has been 

 so much confusion amongst authors, is, as I have stated in 

 the first part of this list, not uncommon in the vernal and 

 autumnal migrations ; but good specimens are rather diffi- 

 cult to get. 



The following is a description, confirming my previous ob- 

 servations, of a specimen, $ , obtained on the 9th May this 

 year (1874), amongst some carob trees, on an eminence over- 

 looking the upper end of the valley of St. Julian's : — 



Length 5^ inches (140 millimetres) ; wing 3j in. (80 mm.) ; 

 tarsus I in. (22 mm.) ; beak \ in. (13 mm.). 



First, or bastard wing-feather very short, scarcely reaching 

 bevond the extremity of the upper primary coverts ; second 

 primary (reckoning the bastard feather as the first) longer 

 than the fifth, and about equal to the fourth ; third longest 

 in the wing, which in repose extends to fully half the length 

 of the tail. Upper parts green tinged with ash ; wings and 

 tail brown edged with grey, the tcrtiaries being most broadly 

 marked ; superciliary streak, throat, cheeks, and underparts 

 light yellow ; tail somewhat rounded when spread, but eraar- 

 ginated when closed. Upper mandible brown; lower man- 

 dible tinged with orange . Interior of mouth orange. Tarsus, 

 ' toes, and claws slaty brown. Irides hazel. Ovary begin- 

 ning to develop. Condition of bird rather fat. 



In the third edition of Yarrell, H. polyglotta is given as 

 having been captm'ed in England ; but from Prof. Newton's 

 edition of the same work, now in course of publication, it 

 would appear that the bird alluded to was really Hypolais 

 icterina of Vieillot. 



