BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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Rufous Warbler. 



THE Rufous Warbler (Aedon galactodes, Temminck) is an 

 exceedingly rare autumn migrant to the British Islands. 

 It nests in South-Western Europe, and winters in Africa. 

 The adult has the upper parts chestnut ; wing-coverts and 

 primaries, brown, margined on outside web with creamy- 

 white; superciliary stripe, creamy- white ; tail, bright chest- 

 nut, banded with black at terminal end, and followed by 

 tips of white to all the feathers excepting central pair; 

 beneath, creamy-white; irides, dark hazel; bill, above, 

 brown ; below, paler at base ; legs and feet, light brown. 

 Length, about six inches. The female resembles the 

 male. The young are similar to the adults, but are said 

 to have the primaries and wing-coverts broadly margined 

 with light fulvous, 



