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SARDINIAN WARBLEK. 



large spot of the same colour at the extremity of the internal 

 barb; the other tail feathers white only at the tip. 



Length of an adult male sent me by M. E. Yerreaux, 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 

 striking 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 Nordmaim, 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. §avi 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 

 well, 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 



