SYLVIINA. 73 
THE RUFOUS WARBLER. 
AEDON GALACTODES (Temminck). 
The Rufous Warbler is a southern species, which has been 
obtained in England, as a straggler, on three occasions. The first 
example was shot by the late Mr. Swaysland near Brighton on 
September 16th 1854, and according to Mr. W. Borrer of Cowfold, 
who recorded it, the bird was a male preparing to moult. On 
September 25th 1859, after the prevalence for a week of a strong 
southerly wind, a very thin bird, which had lost its tail, was shot at 
the Start, in Devonshire, by Mr. W. D. Llewellyn, who presented it 
to the British Museum. A third was obtained in a turnip-field near 
Slapton, Devon, on October 12th 1876, as recorded by Mr. H. 
Nicholls (Zool. s.s. p. 5179). These occurrences, all in autumn, 
show that the individuals in question were merely wind-driven waifs 
from the south; nor is it likely that many others have escaped 
observation, the bird being conspicuous by its plumage and habits. 
It resembles a large pale-coloured Nightingale, with white tips and 
black spots on a broad fan-shaped tail. 
The Rufous Warbler does not appear to visit France, or even the 
