BIRDS. 
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Sylvia provincialis .—Dartford warbler. Said 
to have been common near Plymouth in former 
years; now scarce and local. First observed here 
by Richard Julian, esq. of Estover. Ashburton. 
(Dr. Tucker.) 
Sylvia locustella .—Grasshopper warbler. Rare. 
Summer. 
Sylvia salicaria —Sedge warbler. Not uncommon. 
Summer. In great plenty at Slapton Ley. 
Sylvia arundinacea .—Reed warbler. Rare. Sum¬ 
mer. 
Sylvia sibillatrix.— Wood wren. Not uncommon. 
Summer. 
Sylvia trochilus .—Yellow wren. Common ; 
arrives towards the middle of April, but I once 
heard it in the end of March. Is sometimes heard 
in the gardens of Plymouth during the breeding 
time, and on to August. 
Recently a bird has been shot by Pincombe, 
Taxidermist of Devonport, at Whiteford in the 
neighbourhood, which bears great resemblance to 
the Cliff Chaff in colour, and is but a trifle longer; 
the differences worthy of note being first and prin¬ 
cipally, a greater width of the base of the upper 
mandible ; secondly, a want of correspondence be¬ 
tween certain quill feathers;—the 2nd and 7th being 
the same length in the Cliff Chaff, the 2nd and 6th 
in the Yellow wren, while in this new species each 
feather differs in length from the rest; thirdly, that 
the alula spuria is of a brighter yellow, and some¬ 
what larger. The note is unknown to the person 
who procured it. With such similarities and un¬ 
certainties regarding it, there is great difficulty in 
proposing a name anyway scientific, but since 
names must be adopted to curtail the means of 
identification in conversation, it may pro tempore 
be styled Sylvia neglecta . 
