NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Description. 



THE DARTFORD WARBLER. 



THIS bird is accounted rare in this country, 

 and owes its name, with us, to the accident of a 

 pair of them having been seen near Dartford, in 

 Kent, a few years ago ; they have since been ob- 

 served in great numbers, and are supposed some- 

 times to winter with us. It measures above five 

 inches in length, of which the tail is above one 

 half; its bill is long and slender, and a little bent 

 at the tip; it is of a black colour, whitish at the 

 base; its eyes are reddish, and eyelids deep crim- 

 son ; all the upper parts are of a dark rusty 

 brown, tinged with dull yellow ; the breast, part 

 of the belly, and thighs, are of a cfeep red, inclin- 

 ing to rust colour; the middle of the belly is 

 white, as is the bastard wing; the tail dusky, 

 except the exterior web of the outer feather, 

 which is white : the legs are yellow. 



Buffon says, these birds are natives of Pro- 

 vence; where they frequent gardens, and feed 

 on flies and small insects. 



THE WHEAT-EAR. 



THIS bird weighs upwards of an ounce and 

 has a slender black bill, about half an inch long; 

 the tongue is cloven or slit, and the inside of the 

 mouth black; the eyes are of an hazel colour, 



