THE RUFOUS WARBLER. IO3 



any naturalist. The species is tolerably well 

 dispersed throughout Europe, and according to 

 Mr. Yarrell has been found as far eastward as 

 Bengal, Japan, and Borneo. The Eastern bird, 

 however, would appear to be the Salicaria hi,r- 

 doides orientalis of the " Fauna Japonica," and 

 distinct from the European species. See Cap- 

 tain Blakiston on the Ornithology of Northern 

 Japan, "Ibis," 1862, p. 317; Mr. Swinhoe on 

 Formosan Ornithology, "Ibis," 1863, p. 305 ; 

 and the Rev. H. B. Tristram, " Ibis," 1867, 

 p. 78, on the Ornithology of Palestine, where 

 both forms occur. 



THE RUFOUS WARBLER. 

 {Aedon galaciodes.) 



FROM its peculiar coloration this bird is 

 not likely to be confounded with any 

 other species. Apart from the rufous tint of 

 the upper portion of the plumage which has 

 suggested its English name, the tail is totally 



