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RUFOUS WARBLER. 



Aedon galactodes, Gould, Birds of Great Britain, vol. ii, 2 pp., 

 pi. 53 (coloured figures of adults), 1870 ; Yarrell, British 

 Birds, 4th Ed., vol. i, edited by Newton, pp. 355-359 (wood- 

 cut), 1873; Dresser, Birds of Europe, vol. ii, pp. 547-552, 

 pi. 85 (coloured figure of adult), 1874 ; Lilford, Coloured 

 Figures, vol. iii, p. 30, pi. 15 (coloured figure of adult), 1883 ; 

 Saunders, Manual of British Birds, 2nd Ed., pp. 73-74 

 (woodcut), 1897. 



Sylyia galactodes, Seebohm, British Birds, vol. i, pp. 418-422, pi. 

 10, fig. 8 (egg), 1883. 



Arabic, Bou-Djeha ; French, Bee-fin rubigineux ; German, der rostfarbige 

 Sanger; Italian, Busignolo levantino ; Spanish, Alzacola, Bubita, Vinadera. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUMAGE. 



Adult Male. — The upper parts generally are rusty isabelline, 

 rather darker on the crown, rump, upper tail-coverts and two 

 central tail-feathers. The rest of the tail-feathers are rusty 

 brown, the three outer ones being broadly tipped with white 

 followed by a band of blackish brown, while the two next ones 

 are tipped with blackish brown only. The least wing-coverts, 

 medium, and larger secondary coverts are the same colour as 

 the upper parts. The flight-feathers are brown, the secondaries 

 being edged with the same colour as the back and tipped with 

 whitish brown, and approximately two-thirds of the outside 

 edges of the primaries is rusty isabelline. The primary coverts 

 and bastard-wing are brown edged with sandy buff. There is 

 a distinct creamy white superciliary stripe, the lores are smoky 

 brown and under the eye is a creamy white space, the cheeks 

 being light rusty isabelline. The underparts are bullish white 

 and the flanks burl. The abdomen proper is whitish, the 



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