DARTFORD WARBLER. 
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The next sub-family, the Sylvianae, composed 
of what are considered the true or typical War- 
blers, is very extensive, and comprises a great 
variety of forms, exhibiting representations of 
most of those which constitute the great family 
to which it belongs. The typical species are 
arboreal and insectivorous, and are characterized 
bv a comparatively small size and much activity. 
The form we shall first notice is an aberrant 
one. 
Melizofhilus, Leacli. — Generic characters 
Head large ; bill slightly arched from the 
base ; tip deflexed and notched ; rictus 
slightly bristled; wings with the first quill 
very small ; third, fourth, and fifth nearly 
equal, and longest ; tail rather lengthened, 
and soft ; tarsi and feet strong. Type, M. 
provincialis. 
Europe — New Holland, or at least represented 
there by a bird very closely allied in form, 
structure, and colour. 
The Dartford Warbler, Melizofhilus 
provincialis, Leach . — Sylvia Dartfordiensis, 
Lath. — Dartford Warbler of British, authors — Of 
the habits of this interesting bird, we have no 
experience from personal observation ; but from 
the accounts given of it by Montague and its 
more recent describers, we consider them more 
nearly allied to those of curruca than of the true 
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