DARTFORD WARBLER. 345 
cheeks, neck, back, and upper tail-coverts, greyish black ; 
the wing-coverts, wing, and tail-feathers, blackish brown, 
with rather lighter-coloured edges; the chin chestnut 
brown, with specks of dull white; throat, breast, and 
sides, chestnut brown, without spots; the edge of the 
wing between the carpal joint and the spurious wing- 
feathers, white; belly white; under surface of the wings, 
under tail-coverts, and the under surface of the tail-feathers, 
slate-grey ; the tail in shape cuneiform, the outer feathers 
on each side being three-eighths of an inch shorter than 
those in the middle, and edged as well as tipped with 
lighter grey; legs and toes pale reddish brown; claws 
darker brown. 
Whole length rather more than five inches, the tail- 
‘feathers alone being nearly half the whole length of the 
bird. The wing very short, from the carpal joint to the 
end of the longest primary only two inches: the first quill- 
feather very short; the second equal in length to the 
seventh: the third equal to the sixth; the fourth and fifth 
also equal, and the longest in the wing. 
Females and young birds are more tinged with brown 
above, and of a lighter rufous colour beneath. The irides 
of young birds are yellowish. 
By the exertions and perseverance of Mr. Larkham of 
Roehampton, I am enabled to add in the vignette at page 
339, an exact representation of the nest of the Dartford 
Warbler, which was taken from a specimen obtained on 
Wimbledon Common during the month of May 1838, after 
watching the birds for some hours every day for a fortnight. 
