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MELIZOPHILUS UNDATUS (Boddaert). 

 DARTFORD WARBLER. 



^ 1741. TiDo. — Farnham, Surrey. From Mr. Salmon, 1846. 



Taken in that neighbourhood three or four seasons ago. Mr. Sal- 

 mon, writing from Godahning under date '' 26 January, 1846/' 

 says : — " This bird was formerly very abundant in this immediate 

 vicinity ; now it is scarce, I have not seen a single specimen for 

 several years.'' 



§ 1742. ^o^^r.— " Niiiies." From M. Parzudaki, 1856. 



^ 1743. r/^/w.—Fordwich, Kent, 1854. From Mr. Bond, 1856. 



Given to me by Mr. Bond, who had three sets of eggs with two 

 complete nests, from the neighbourhood above mentioned. 



\ 1744. i^o^r.— [Farnham, 1858?] 



[These, I believe, were obtained for Mr. Wolley by Mr. F. Goduian in 

 1858, at the same time as some of the following.] 



[^ 1745. 0;?^.— Farnham, 1856. From Mr. Salvin.] 



[^ 1746. 77^re^.— Farnham (?), 1857. From Mr. Salvin.] 



[^ 1747. i^o?/r.— Farnham (?), 1858. From Messrs. F. and P. 

 Godman.] 



[^ 1748. r/^ree.— Farnham (?), 1858. From Messrs. F. and 

 P. Godman.] 



[\ 1749. 0^^.— Bloxworth, Dorset, April 1853. From Mr. O. 

 Pickard-Cambridge, 1871. 



Mr. Pickard-Cambridge said it was from a nest of four eggs taken by him on 

 the Heath at Bloxworth, near the gravel-pit— a place I well know. The nest 

 was not found by watching, but the bird wa.-^ put oft' and well seen by him.] 



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