DARTFORD WARBLER. 
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INSESSOR ES. SYL VIA D JE. 
DEN TIR OS TRES. 
DARTFORD WARBLER. 
Melizophilus Proyincialis. 
PLATE XXXVII. 
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The Dartford Warbler is one of those birds which, 
although not unfrequent in a few localities, is neverthe¬ 
less difficult to procure. 
It breeds at no great distance from London; is plen¬ 
tiful near Godaiming, and may be met with near Lynd- 
hurst in the New Forest. Colonel Montague, who gives 
the following narrative, observed them near Kingsbridge 
upon a large furze common; he had watched three 
pairs of these birds on the 16th of July, two pairs of 
which, he says, “ had young, evidently, by their extreme 
clamour, and by frequently appearing with food in 
their bills.” 
“ On the 17th my researches were renewed, and after 
watching for three hours the motions of another pair, 
I discovered the nest with three young ; it was placed 
among the dead branches of the thickest furze, about 
two feet from the ground, slightly fastened between the 
main stems, not in a fork. On the same day a pair were 
observed to be busied carrying materials for building, 
and, by concealing myself in the bushes, I soon dis¬ 
covered the place of nidification, and upon examination 
found the nest was just begun. As early as the 19th 
the nest appeared to be finished, but it possessed only 
