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SYLVIADJL 



INSJESSORES, 



DENTIR OSTRES. 



SYLVIAD&. 



THE DARTFORD WARBLER. 



MelizopJiilus Dartfordiensis. 



Sylvia Dartfordiensis, Dartford Warbler, 

 Motacilla Provinciates, 



v y> 11 11 



Curruca, 



Melizophilus 



Sylvia 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 530. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 239. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 70. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 219. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 112. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. ix. 



Bee-Jin Pittechou, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 211. 



MELIZOPHILUS. Generic Characters. Beak slender, upper mandible slightly 

 bent from the base, and finely emarginated near the tip ; under mandible straight, 

 shorter than the upper, and shutting within it. Nostrils basal, lateral, cleft 

 longitudinally ; base of the beak surrounded with hairs. Wings short : the 

 first quill- feather very small ; the second shorter than either of the next four 

 feathers ; the fourth and fifth the longest in the wing. Tail elongated, cunei- 

 form. Tarsi strong, and longer than the middle toe ; claws of moderate length, 

 sharp. 



