THE DARTFORD WARBLER 



THE DARTFORD WARBLER. 



THIS bird received 

 its popular name 

 on account of the 

 fact that it was 

 first observed 

 near Dartford in 

 Kent in 1773. It 

 is also known by 

 the very appro- 

 priate name of 

 Furze Wren in 

 some parts of 

 the country, be- 

 cause it has a 



habit of cocking its long tail like a 

 Common Wren and is very partial to 

 thick growths of furze. 



The Dartford Warbler is about five 

 inches long, and in addition to its 

 habit of cocking its tail, which measures 

 nearly half its entire length, possesses 

 the lark-like power of erecting the 

 feathers on the top of its head so as to 

 form a kind of crest. On his upper 

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