BRITISH BIRDS, 
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THE HARTFORD WARBLERp 
(Le Pitchou de Provence , Buff.) 
This bird meafures above live inches in length, 
of which the tail is about one half : Its bill is long 
and Bender, and a little bent at the tip ; it is of a 
black colour, whitiffi at the bafe ; its eyes are red- 
difli ; eye -lids deep crimfon ; all the upper parts 
are of a dark nifty brown, tinged with dull yellow ; 
the breaft, part of the belly, and thighs are of a 
deep red, inclining to ruft colour $ the middle of 
the belly is white ; the baftard wing is alfo white ; 
the tail is dulky, except the exterior web of the 
outer feather, which is white ; the legs are yellow. 
This feems to be a rare bird in this country, and 
owes its name, with us, to the accident of a pair of 
them having been feen near Dartford, in Kent, a 
