AGROBATES. LOCUSTELLA. 71 



Agrobates galactodes. RUFOUS WARBLER. 



Sylvia g-alactodes Temminck, Man. d'Orn. 2nd ed. i. 1820, 



p. 182 : S. Spain. 

 Sylvia galactodes Temm. ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds S. M. v. 1881, 



p. 34. 

 Aedon galactodes (Temm.) B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 18 ; 



Sounders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 73. 



Galactddfs = yaXoicrtio^s, contracted for yXocro-Fi5/js = milk-like, from 

 yaXo gen. yaXatcrof, milk and el^os = form. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. Has 

 occurred in Sussex, Sept. 1854 and 1913 ; in Devonshire, 

 Sept. 1859 and Oct. 1876 ; and in co. Cork, Sept. 1876. 



General Distribution. The Rufous Warbler breeds in 

 southern Spain and Portugal, northern Africa and Palestine. 

 It has been observed in Italy and appears to winter in the 

 oases of the Sahara. 



Agrobates galactodes familiaris. 



GREY-BACKED WARBLER. 



Sylvia familiaris Menetries, Cat. Rais. Cauc. 1832, p. 32 ; 



South Caucasus. 

 Sylvia familiaris Menetr. ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. 1881, 



p. 36 ; Nichols, British BirJs, i. 1908, p. 257. 

 Familiaris = familiar. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. Has 

 occurred twice in England : Kent, 15th July, 1907 ; and 

 Sussex, 13th May, 1910. 



General Distribution. This Warbler breeds in the plains 

 o the Balkan Peninsula from Dalmatia to Greece, the 

 Ionian Islands, Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, and 

 Turkestan. It winters in north-west India, southern Arabia, 

 and east Africa. Birds from south-eastern Europe and Syria 

 have been distinguished as A. <j. s//riacus. 



Genus LOCUSTELLA Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. 1829, p. 115. 

 Type : L. me via (Bodd.). 



Locustella, dimin. of locv.sta a cricket, from the bird's cricket-liko cry. 



