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INTRODUCTION. 
103. Aedon galactodes .......... Vol. II. PI. LIII. 
Rufous Sedge Warbler. 
Spain, Greece, Asia Minor, and North Africa are among the countries frequented by this species, which, 
having been only twice killed in England, must be enumerated among its rarest visitants. 
“ The Rufous Sedge M^arbler is evidently only a summer migrant in the north of Algeria, On my return 
from the Mzab country in May, I saw scores wdiere there had not previously been one, and generally away 
from water. It has a curious habit of raising its tail ; it is hardly ever seen in any other position. Our common 
British Nightingale has the same habit in a less degree ; but with the Rufous Sedge Warbler it appears to 
be natural to keep it raised ; whether the bird is in motion or at rest, the tail is only depressed at 
intervals.” — J. H. Gurney, jun. 
Family ACCENTORINiE. 
A group of Old-World birds, some species of which inhabit Europe and Asia, from the British Islands to 
Kamtschatka and Japan, They have been subdivided into three genera. Accentor, Spermolegus, and 
Tliarrhaleus, the types of the first and third of which are natives of Britain, namely A, alpinus and 
T. modular'is. I have, however, kept them both in the genus Accentor. 
Genus Accentor, 
104. Accentor alpinus ........... Vol. II. PI. LIV. 
Alpine Accentor. 
Common in Switzerland and other rocky countries of Southern and Eastern Europe. An accidental 
visitant to England, where it has been killed or seen about a dozen times. 
105. Accentor modularis ........... Vol. II. PI. LV. 
Hedge-Accentor or Hedge-Sparrow. 
Resident in the three kingdoms ; common in gardens. A tame, pleasing, and harmless little bird. Lives 
on insects. Inhabits most parts of Europe and Malta, where I have shot examples. 
Family SYLVIID^. 
Comprises a very large number of species, which are inhabitants of the older known portion of the globe. 
About fifteen are enumerated in the British avifauna, as belonging to the genera Sijlma, Curruca, Lnscinia, 
Melizophilns, Phyllopneuste, Ficedula, Regulus, Regidoides, he. 
