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we have seen it at Higham: it is also found in other parts of 
these counties. A bird, which appears to be a variety of this 
species, was shot about the middle of May by the Rev. James 
Brown of Norwich, in the marshes below that city. This bird 
has no vibrisse. 
4. S. Luscinia (Nightingale). 
5. S. Atricapilla (Black-cap). 
The Black-cap may with propriety be called the English 
Mocking-bird. We have heard it sing the notes of the Blackbird, 
Thrush, Nightingale, Redstart, and Sedge Warbler ; and besides 
its own peculiar whistle, which is most delightful, it frequently 
makes a noise resembling that of a pair of shears used in clipping 
a fence, which also is the noise made by the young of this spe- 
cies. During the period of incubation the male Black-cap oc- 
casionally sits on the eggs in the absence of the female. 
6. S. hortensis (Greater Pettychaps). 
This species of warbler has been found in the neighbourhood 
of Ipswich, and we have received its eggs from Diss. One 
which we examined agreed with Montagu's description; to which 
might be added, that the upper mandible is notched, and the 
base of the bill beset with vibrisse. It may also be remarked, 
that when the mandibles are closed, the suture appears of a yel- 
lowish hue: the upper parts of the head and the back to the 
insertion of the tail, have a silvery tint upon them, and in par- 
ticular lights are damasked, as it were, in longitudinal lines. 
The under parts of the young are deeply tinged with yellow. In 
the evening the Greater Pettychaps will sit in the midst of a 
thick bush, and warble very melodiously for a length of time, in 
that respect resembling the Nightingale. It will frequently begin 
its 
