. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. SYLVIIN^. 73. THE RUFOUS WARBLER. Aedon galact6des (Temminck). The Rufous Warbler is a southern species, which has been obtained in England, as a straggler, on three occasions. The first example was shot by the late Mr. Swaysland near Brighton on September i6th 1854, and according to Mr. W. Borrer of Cowfold, who recorded it, the bird was a male preparing to moult. On September 25th 1859, after the prevalence for a week of a strong southerly wind, a very thin bird, which had lost its tail, was shot at the Start, in Devonshire, by Mr. W. D. Llewe
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. SYLVIIN^. 73. THE RUFOUS WARBLER. Aedon galact6des (Temminck). The Rufous Warbler is a southern species, which has been obtained in England, as a straggler, on three occasions. The first example was shot by the late Mr. Swaysland near Brighton on September i6th 1854, and according to Mr. W. Borrer of Cowfold, who recorded it, the bird was a male preparing to moult. On September 25th 1859, after the prevalence for a week of a strong southerly wind, a very thin bird, which had lost its tail, was shot at the Start, in Devonshire, by Mr. W. D. Llewellyn, who presented it to the British Museum. A third was obtained in a turnip-field near Slapton, Devon, on October 12th 1876, as recorded by Mr. H. Nicholls (Zool. p. 5179). These occurrences, all in autumn, show that the individuals in question were merely wind-driven waifs from the south; nor is it likely that many others have escaped observation, the bird being conspicuous by its plumage and habits. It resembles a large pale-coloured Nightingale, with white tips and black spots on a broad fan-shaped tail. The Rufous Warbler does not appear to visit France, or even the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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