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that of the other Warblers. The nest, instead of 
being placed near or on the ground, is built at a 
considerable elevation, sometimes near the top of 
tall bushes or young trees. Instead of being dome- 
shaped, like that of the other species, it is open at 
the top. It is composed of grass, bents, and long 
hairs, interlaid and wound together, and lined with 
fine roots, hair, wool, &c. The eggs are of a pale 
purplish white, speckled with dark or purplish red, 
the ground colour differing a little from that of 
the Willow Warbler. The food of this species 
consists chiefly of various caterpillars and small 
insects. 
WARBLER, DART LOR 
SYLVIA PROVINCIALIS, Zemm. 
This species is a permanent resident in Kng- 
land, occurring on commons in several of the 
southern counties. It was first noticed in 1773, 
by Dr. Latham, who procured a pair from Bexley 
Heath, near Dartford, in Kent, from which 
place it has taken its English name. It inhabits 
furze thickets, among which it glides with the 
ereatest ease and activity, flying with short jerks 
in the manner of the Whinchat and Whitethroat. 
It feeds upon flies, grasshoppers, and other insects, 
which it frequently seizes on the wing. Its nest, 
which is loosely constructed, like that of the 
