236 
Mr. C. A. Wright's Fifth Appendix to a 
Aedon galactodes, A'edon rubiginosa (Ibis, 1864, p. 72). 
A Rufous Warbler (the intermediate appellation of “ Sedge ” 
having been very properly suppressed since its habits have be¬ 
come better known) was taken alive on the 23rd May, 1873. 
It soon became accustomed to its prison-house and familiar 
with those who gave it food. It is a very lively bird, con¬ 
stantly on the move, frequently raising and dropping its tail, 
which it spreads out like a lady's fan. 
Hypolais icterina (Vieill.), Motacilla hypolais (Linn.), 
(Ibis, 1864, p. 71). This bird, about which there has been 
so much confusion amongst authors, is, as I have stated in 
the first part of this list, not uncommon in the vernal and 
autumnal migrations; but good specimens are rather diffi¬ 
cult to get. 
The following is a description, confirming my previous ob¬ 
servations, of a specimen, $, obtained on the 9th May this 
year (1874), amongst some carob trees, on an eminence over¬ 
looking the upper end of the valley of St. Julian’s :— 
Length 5^ inches (140 millimetres); wing 3£ in. (80 mm.); 
tarsus | in. (22 mm.); beak \ in. (13 mm.). 
First, or bastard wing-feather very short, scarcely reaching 
beyond the extremity of the upper primary coverts; second 
primary (reckoning the bastard feather as the first) longer 
than the fifth, and about equal to the fourth; third longest 
in the wing, which in repose extends to fully half the length 
of the tail. Upper parts green tinged with ash ; wings and 
tail brown edged with grey, the tertiaries being most broadly 
marked; superciliary streak, throat, cheeks, and underparts 
light yellow; tail somewhat rounded when spread, but ernar- 
ginated when closed. Upper mandible brown; lower man¬ 
dible tinged with orange. Interior of mouth orange. Tarsus, 
toes, and claws slaty brown. Irides hazel. Ovary begin¬ 
ning to develop. Condition of bird rather fat. 
In the third edition of Yarrell, H. polyglotta is given as 
having been captured in England; but from Prof. Newton’s 
edition of the same work, now in course of publication, it 
would appear that the bird alluded to was really Hypolais 
icterina of Yieillot. 
