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Whole length rather more than five inches, the tail-fea- 

 thers alone being nearly half the whole length of the bird. The 

 wing very short, from the carpal joint to the end of the long- 

 est primary only two inches : the first quill-feather very short; 

 the second equal in length to the seventh ; the third equal to 

 the sixth ; the fourth and fifth also equal, and the longest in 

 the wing. 



Females and young birds are more tinged with brown 

 above, and of a lighter rufous colour beneath. The irides of 

 young birds are yellowish. 



By the exertions and perseverance of Mr, Larking of Roe- 

 hampton, I am enabled to add in the vignette below an exact 

 representation of the nest of the Dartford Warbler, which 

 was taken from a specimen obtained on Wimbledon Com- 

 mon during the present month of May 1838, after watching 

 the birds for some hours every day for a fortnight. 



