. A history of British birds . as the Chats andthe aquatic Warblers. But somehow or other, though morenatural genera have been disregarded, the genus Melizo-2)1tdus happens to have been recognized by most writers,and, having been admitted in all the former Editions of thiswork, is left to stand now, though the Editor has not foundits definition an easy task, and is persuaded that consistencywould require the similar recognition of such genera asPratincola, Locustella and Potamodus. Very nearly allied to the Dartford Warbler is the South-European Sylvia sarda of La Marmora, and probably alsothe
. A history of British birds . as the Chats andthe aquatic Warblers. But somehow or other, though morenatural genera have been disregarded, the genus Melizo-2)1tdus happens to have been recognized by most writers,and, having been admitted in all the former Editions of thiswork, is left to stand now, though the Editor has not foundits definition an easy task, and is persuaded that consistencywould require the similar recognition of such genera asPratincola, Locustella and Potamodus. Very nearly allied to the Dartford Warbler is the South-European Sylvia sarda of La Marmora, and probably alsothe Mdizophilus striatns lately described from the Punjabby Mr. Brooks. Intermediate between this group ofWarblers and the next is the Motacilla passerina ofJ. F. Gmelin. By the exertions and perseverance of Mr. Larkham oflloehampton, I am enabled to add an exact representation ofthe nest of a Dartford Warbler, from a specimen taken onWimbledon Common in May, 1838, after watching the birdsfor some hours every day for a 406 PA SSEHES. SYLVIIDiE.
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