374 



Descrip. 



BLACK. CAP. Class IL 



the fummer, but its notes are part of that time 

 drowned in the general warble of the feafon. Many 

 of the autumnal fongfters feem to be the young 

 cock red-breafls of that year. 



The bill is dufky : the forehead, chin, throat and 

 bread are of a deep orange color : the head, hind 

 part of the neck, the back and tail are of a deep 

 afh-color, tinged with green : the wings rather 

 darker ; the edges inclining to yellow : the legs 

 and feet dujQky. 



14.8. Black- Atrlcapllla. Ge/ner av. 371, 



384. 

 uiUr. a'u, II. 329. 

 WiL orn. 226. 

 La Fauvette a tete noire, Cur- 



ruca atricapilla. BriJ/on wv. 



II[. 380. 

 Capinera. Zinafi. 56. 

 Olhia, 9. Scopolij No. 229. 

 Rail fyn. a'v. jg. 



Motacilla atricapilla. Lin.JyJi, 



332. 



Faun. Suec. fp. 256. 



Hav-Skade. quibu/dam Spikke. 

 Br. 228. 



Moench mit der Schwartzen 

 Platte (Monk with the black 

 crown) Frifchy I. 23. 



Schwartz plattl. Kram, 377. 



Br. Zool. loi. plate S. f. 5. 



THIS bird is among the fmallefl of this tribe, | 

 fcarce weighing half an ounce. The crown 

 of the head in the male is black : the hind part of 

 the neck a light afli-color : the back and coverts of 

 the wings are of a greyifh green : the quil-feathers 

 and tail dufky, edged with dull green : the breaft 

 and upper part of the belly are of a pale alh-color : 

 the vent feathers whitifli : the legs of a lead color. 



The 



