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Dartford, n. Ornith.|ˈdɑːtfəd|
[The name of a town in Kent near where the bird was first seen in England.]
Dartford warbler, a small dark Old World warbler, Sylvia undata, of heaths and scrublands in southern Europe and parts of North Africa and southern England.
1776T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4) I. 329 Dartford warbler... A pair of these were shot on a common near Dartford, in April 1773, and communicated to me by Mr. Latham. 1831J. Rennie Montagu's Ornith. Dict. (ed. 2) 128 It is called the Dartford Warbler, from..a pair having been killed on Bexley Heath, near Dartford, on the 10th of April, 1773. 1853F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 256 The Dartford Warbler is exclusively confined to heaths and commons. 1930J. S. Huxley Bird-Watching ii. 27, I saw my first dartford warbler, my first smew, Montagu's harrier, and so on. 1965P. Wayre Wind in Reeds ii. 19 The tiny Dartford warbler, the only warbler to brave the English winter. 1979Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVII. 405/2 The heathland..is the habitat..of many insects and of the Dartford Warbler. 1989Times 9 Feb. 18/3 Britain's small population of Dartford Warblers is now heavily concentrated in one area, the New Forest. |