. An illustrated manual of British birds . ggs. The food is principallyflies—often taken on the wing—and other insects; but in the seasonit eats berries, and probably fruit. Its call-note is dee-ur, dee-ur,dee-ur; and the shivering song may be syllabled as—chit, chit, chit,chit, chitr, ir-tr-tr-tr-tr-tre, accompanied by rapid vibrations of thewings and tail. In spring the adult has a broad and characteristic sulphur-yellowstreak above and behind the eye ; the upper parts yellowish-green ;wings greyish-brown, edged with yellowish, turning whiter on theinner secondaries ; tail greyish-brown ; be
. An illustrated manual of British birds . ggs. The food is principallyflies—often taken on the wing—and other insects; but in the seasonit eats berries, and probably fruit. Its call-note is dee-ur, dee-ur,dee-ur; and the shivering song may be syllabled as—chit, chit, chit,chit, chitr, ir-tr-tr-tr-tr-tre, accompanied by rapid vibrations of thewings and tail. In spring the adult has a broad and characteristic sulphur-yellowstreak above and behind the eye ; the upper parts yellowish-green ;wings greyish-brown, edged with yellowish, turning whiter on theinner secondaries ; tail greyish-brown ; belly and under tail-covertswhite ; breast and throat sulphur-yellow; bill, legs and feet 5*9 in. ; wing, to the tip of the 3rd and longest quill, 3 in.;the first or bastard quill being very short; tarsus 7 in. In plumagethe sexes are alike ; the young differ in being rather yellower thanthe adults. The coloration, larger size, and proportionately longwing suffice to distinguish this species from its allies. SYLVIIN/E. 67. THE RUFOUS WARBLER. Aedon galactodes (Temminck). The Rufous Warbler is a southern species, which has been ob-tained in England, as a straggler, on three occasions. The firstexample was shot by Mr. Swaysland near Brighton on September16th 1854, and according to Mr. W. Borrer of Cowfold, whorecorded it, the bird was a male preparing to moult. On Sep-tember 25th 1859, after the prevalence for a week of a strong southerlywind, a very thin bird, which had lost its tail, was shot at the Start inDevonshire by Mr. W. D. Llewellyn, who presented it to the BritishMuseum. 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 thatthe individuals in question were merely wind-driven waifs from thesouth; nor is it likely that many others have escaped observation,the bird being conspicuous by its plumage and habits. It may bebriefly described
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