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SAHJ)l>:iAN WARliLEK. 
large spot of the same colour at the extremity of the interual 
barb; the other tail feathers white only at the tip. 
Length of an adult male sent me by M. E. Verreaux, five inches 
and a half; from carpus to tip two inches and three tenths; tail 
two inches and a half; tarsus seven tenths of an inch. 
The Sardinian Warbler inhabits the south of Europe, 
the Canary Islands, Egypt, and, according to Degland, 
Asia Minor. It is also included in Captain Loche’s 
Catalogue as inhabiting the three provinces of Algeria, 
and is mentioned by Mr. Salvin as one of the most 
strihing species in Northern Africa. In Europe it is 
found along the shores of the Mediterranean, from Spain 
to Greece. It occurs especially in Sicily, Sardinia, 
Corsica, Tuscany, Dalmatia, and the southern parts of 
France and Spain. According to Nordmann, it is found 
in Bessarabia; and, according to Temminck, it is very 
common in the States of the Church at Castello, Palo, 
and Civita-Vecchia, where it breeds. Savi states that 
along the shores of the Mediterranean it is not found 
further inland than from eight to nine geographical 
miles. 
Count Miihle informs us that it does not seem to 
prefer the neighbourhood of water, but stops preferably 
in low woods or sloping hills, where the ground is dry. 
It is also found in gardens, especially those which are 
enclosed with cactus hedges, in which it builds, and 
upon the fruit of which it feeds. Though living ex- 
clusively in the south, it appears capable of bearing cold 
v."ell, as Count Miihle frequently observed it at Christmas 
apparently quite lively in the myrtle and whitethorn 
bushes. 
Of its habits and nidification. Count Miihle further 
observes, that it has not only perhaps the greatest share 
of vivacity among the members of its family, but it is 
