Locality. 
180 PASSERES. SYLVIA. WARBLER. 
Dartford Warbler.—Sylvia provincialis, Temm. 
PLATES 46. Fig. 6. 
Sylvia provincialis, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 1. p. 210. 
Sylvia Dartfordiensis, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 517. 31.—Mont. Trans. 
Linn. Soc. vol. 7. p. 280, and vol. 9. p. 191. 
Motacilla provincialis, Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 958. 67. 
Le Pitte-Chou de Provence, Buff: Ois. v. 5. p. 158.—Zd. Pl. Enl. 655. f. 1. 
Bec-fin Pitte-Chou, Zemm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 211. 
Dartford Warbler, Br. Zool. 1. No. 161. t. 56.—Lath. Syn. 4. p. 437. 27.— 
Id. Supp. p. 181.—Mont. Ornith. Dict.—Id. Supp.—Lewin’s Br. Birds 
3. t. 106.—Wale. Syn. 2. t. 237.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, 1. t. 210. 
This species is indigenous, but confined to some particular 
districts in the southern parts of England. It was first noti- 
ced by Dr Latuam, in the year 1773, who procured a pair 
of these birds from Bexley Heath, near Dartford, in Kent ; 
from which latter place it has taken its trivial English name. 
The discovery was communicated to PENNANT, who accord- 
ingly published an account of the species in his British Zoo- 
logy. Since that period it has been found in several places ; 
Song. 
Food. 
Nest, &c. 
amongst others, in parts of Devonshire and Cornwall, by that 
indefatigable naturalist the late Grorcz Monraeu, Esq. ; 
and in which counties he has ascertained that it breeds, and 
remains through the whole year. 
Its body is very small, not much exceeding that of the 
common wren, but its great length of tail gives an appear- 
ance of superior bulk. In this country it lives upon the 
open downs and commons that abound with furze, where it 
meets with a secure retreat, and in the thickest part of which 
it conceals itself upon the slightest alarm, creeping from bush 
to bush with great celerity—Acording to Monracu, its 
song is pleasing, though hurried in note, and, (like that of 
the preceding species), 1s often uttered whilst the bird is sus- 
pended on wing over the furze.—It feeds upon flies, grass- 
hoppers, and other insects.—The nest is formed of the same 
materials as that of the White-Throat, with the addition of 
being usually lined with the finest stalks of a species of carea, 
is placed in the centre of the thickest furze bush, and only to 
be found by a very close and patient search. The eggs also 
