. A history of British birds . ;v^ Melizophilus lnpatus (Boddaert*). THE DAETFOBD WAEBLEE. Melizojpli iln* Dartfordiensis j-. Melizophilus, Leach i.— Bill long and somewhat broad at the base, compressedin front of the nostrils, the upper mandible overlapping the lower at the sides,and slightly emarginated near the tip ; nostrils basal, subsupernal and longitu-dinal, situated in a large depression; gape beset with hairs. Eyelids bare andprominent. Wings feeble, somewhat incurved and not reaching much beyond theroot of the tail, which is long and graduated; the first primary small, but comparati
. A history of British birds . ;v^ Melizophilus lnpatus (Boddaert*). THE DAETFOBD WAEBLEE. Melizojpli iln* Dartfordiensis j-. Melizophilus, Leach i.— Bill long and somewhat broad at the base, compressedin front of the nostrils, the upper mandible overlapping the lower at the sides,and slightly emarginated near the tip ; nostrils basal, subsupernal and longitu-dinal, situated in a large depression; gape beset with hairs. Eyelids bare andprominent. Wings feeble, somewhat incurved and not reaching much beyond theroot of the tail, which is long and graduated; the first primary small, but comparatively well-developed; the second shorter than any of the next four; thefourth and fifth the longest in the wing. Tarsi strong, scaled in front, and longerthan the middle toe; outer and inner toes nearly equal; claws moderate. The Daktford Warbler was first made known t natu-ralists, and that as an inhabitant of this country, by , who, having obtained specimens mi Bexley Heath,near Dartford, April 10th, 1773,
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