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and familiar, and any birds of this tribe may be reared from the 

 nest in this manner. 



" The method that I practise in bringing them up is, to let 

 the young birds be nearly fledged ; I then place the nest in a 

 little basket with covers, nearly filled with moss, which keeps them 

 warm, and I feed them with moist bread and bruised hemp seed 

 mixed together, and small bits of raw meat mixed with it ; I also 

 give them a little bread and milk, and the yolk of an egg boiled 

 hard, not forgetting to let a drop or two of water fall into their 

 mouths occasionally ; they require to be fed several times a day, 

 giving them as much as they will take at each time ; they must also 

 be kept clean, for if allowed to get dirty, they will not succeed ; as 

 soon as they are fed, the covers of the basket must be shut down, 

 and they will in a few days learn to peck, and feed themselves ; 

 but they will peck at living insects before they will learn to eat the 

 other sorts 01 food ; when they are properly fledged, a little fine 

 gravel should be mixed with their food, as this turns to lime, and 

 hardens their bones, and keeps them from being cramped. 



" The first notice we have of this bird as a native of England, 

 is by Mr. T. LAMB, in the second volume of the Linncean Trans- 

 actions above quoted, and I have known it as long as I have known 

 anything about birds ; it being plentiful in the woods of E. 

 Bright, Esq., of Hamgreen, near Bristol, where it was known, 

 when I was a boy, by the name of the shaking bird of the wood, 

 from its singular note, which sounds as if it was shaking as it 

 utters it, and which it really is, as may be readily seen by any 

 person who may take the trouble to notice it. I have adopted 

 MONTAGUE'S name for this species, as I believe it has the right 

 of priority. 



" In my opinion, the present species is as well worth keeping 

 in a cage or aviary as any one of the genus, as it is an elegant 

 bird, and has a pleasant and singular song ; it feeds readily on 

 bruised hemp seed and bread, and a little raw lean meat mixed 

 with it, also bread and milk ; but it is most partial to the yolk of 

 an egg boiled hard and crumbled ; it is also very fond of flies, 

 small moths, caterpillars, the different sorts of aphis, and many 

 other insects." 



163. THE DARTFORD WARBLER. 



Sylvia Dartfordiensis, PENNANT. Motacilla Provincialis, MONTAGUE and 

 BEWICK. Sylvia Provincialis, TEMMINCK. Melizophilus Provincialis, 

 MACGILUVRAY. 



By the last-named author this bird is also called the Pro- 

 vence Furzeling and the Furze Wren. It is described by him 

 as having the upper parts of the body blackish grey ; fore part 



