BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



H>artfort> Marbler. 



THE Dartford Warbler (Sylvia provincials, Gmelin) is a 

 resident species in the British Isles, but is principally con- 

 fined to the south. It is also found as a resident in 

 the Western and Southern parts of Europe. The adult 

 male in summer has the head deep slate-colour; nape and 

 back, sooty-brown ; tail, very dark grey ; outer feathers, 

 margined and tipped with whitish ; innermost secondaries, 

 wing-coverts, and primary feathers, dark brown, with paler 

 margins; some white streaks on the throat; under parts, 

 chestnut-brown, merging into white on the centre of the 

 abdomen ; irides, orange-yellow ; bill, very dark brown ; 

 base of under mandible, paler ; legs, feet, and claws, 

 brown. Length, five inches. The adult female in summer 

 has the under parts light cinnamon-brown, with the ex- 

 ception of the centre of the belly, which is white. 



