. A history of British birds . RiiFons \,F,i{. 355 PASHERES. ^yi VIJO^E. k^. -li. Aedon galactodes (Temminck*).THE RUFOUS WARBLER. Salicaria galaciotes. Aedon, F. Boief. — Bill long and strong, with the culmen curved and much cora-l>ressed at the tip, hardly notched ; nostrils supernal, small and oval ; the gapewithout bristles. Wings with the first quill short, the second nearly as long asthe third and fourth, which are longest. Tail long and rounded. Tarsi long,with broad scales in front. Toes short, the inner nearly as long as the outer,which are partly united to the middle toes at
. A history of British birds . RiiFons \,F,i{. 355 PASHERES. ^yi VIJO^E. k^. -li. Aedon galactodes (Temminck*).THE RUFOUS WARBLER. Salicaria galaciotes. Aedon, F. Boief. — Bill long and strong, with the culmen curved and much cora-l>ressed at the tip, hardly notched ; nostrils supernal, small and oval ; the gapewithout bristles. Wings with the first quill short, the second nearly as long asthe third and fourth, which are longest. Tail long and rounded. Tarsi long,with broad scales in front. Toes short, the inner nearly as long as the outer,which are partly united to the middle toes at their base ; claws small. For the knowledge of the first occurrence of this hand-some bird in England, we are indebted to Mr. Borrer, whohas already laid this work under many obligations by hiscommunications, and in the Zoologist (p. 4511) stated * Si/fria i/filartotes (by mistake), Temminck, Man. dOrn. Ed. 2, i. p. 18-2(1S20). t This, ]cS2(), 11. 972. 356 SYLVITDT^. that on September 16th, 1854, Mr. Swa3sland noticed atPkimptou Bosthill, about six miles from Brighton, a birdwh
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