. A history of British birds . 398 PASSf^RES. SYLVIID/E. sYLV/in.^:.. Melizophilus undatus (Boddaert*). THE DARTFORD WARBLER. Melhopliihis Ikirtfordiensia^. Melizophilus, Leach %.—Bill long and somewhat hroad 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 raiich beyond theroot of the tail, which is long and gi-aduated ; the
. A history of British birds . 398 PASSf^RES. SYLVIID/E. sYLV/in.^:.. Melizophilus undatus (Boddaert*). THE DARTFORD WARBLER. Melhopliihis Ikirtfordiensia^. Melizophilus, Leach %.—Bill long and somewhat hroad 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 raiich beyond theroot of the tail, which is long and gi-aduated ; the first primary small, but com-paratively well-developed ; the second shorter than any of the next four ; thefoui-th 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 Dartford Warbler was tii-st made known to natu-ralists, and that as an inhabitant of this country, by , who, having obtained specimens on Bexley Heath,near Dartford, April 10th, 1773, comm
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