340 SYLVIADA. 
INSESSORES, SYLVIAD#. 
DENTIROSTRES. 
THE DARTFORD WARBLER. 
Mehizophilus Dartfordiensis. 
Sylvia Dartfordiensis, Dartford Warbler, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 530. 
Motacilla Provincialis, BS ss Monvtacu, Ornith. Dict. 
"4 as 55 se Berwick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 239. 
Curruca, st s 55 Firm. Brit. An. p. 70. 
Melizophilus~ ,, PA “4 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 219. 
% 5 aa Junyws, Brit. Vert. p. 112. 
sp 5 is x GouLp, Birds of Europe, pt. ix. 
Sylvia Bs Bec-fin Pittechou, Temm. Man. d’Omith. vol. i. p. 211. 
MELizopHitus. 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. 
