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SYLVIA provincialis. 
The Dartford Warbler . 
S. provincialis. Deep rufous brown, beneath ferruginous, belly 
white in the middle, iris and eyelids red, legs yellow. 
Sylvia provincialis. Temminck. man. d'ornith. v. 1. ^.211. 
Sylvia dartfordiensis. Montagu in Linn . trans. v. 9. p. 191. Turt. 
brit.faun. v. 1. p.46. 
Bill black, whitish at the base of the upper mandible. Throat with 
a few whitish spots. Cheeks dark grey. Quills dusky, edged with 
dark grey. Spurious wing white. Tail wedge-form, brown, the 
outmost feathers white on the outer edge. Turt. loc. cit. 
One of the rarest of the British species of this tribe, 
but mentioned by Montagu as not uncommon about 
Kingsbridge, Devon; and in the neighbourhood of 
Truro, Cornwall ; it is also occasionally met with on 
Bexley-heath, near Dartford, Kent ; also on Black- 
heath, and on Wandsworth and Wimbledon commons ; 
where it is said to build in the Furze bushes, and feeds 
on grasshoppers, moths, butterflies, caterpillars, ants, 
and various other insects. I have never yet been able 
to procure a living bird of this species, although there 
is no doubt but it might be readily caught in a Night- 
ingale trap, baited with a caterpillar or some other liv- 
ing insect ; or young ones might be easily bred up from 
the nest, in the same manner as mentioned under the 
other species. Should any of my Subscribers be able to 
