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SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA. THE BLACK-CAPPED 

 WARBLER, OR BLACKCAP. 



MOCK-NIGHTINGALE. 



Fig. 170. 



Motacilla Atricapilla. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 332. 



Sylvia Atricapilla. Lath, Ind. Orn. IL 508. 



Blackcap. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Bee-fin a t^te noire. Sylvia Atricapilla. Temm. Man. d'Orn. L 201. 



Blackcap. Sylvia Atricapilla. Selb. Illustr. I. 209. 



Sylvia Atricapilla. Black-cap Warbler. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 108. 



Male with the upper parts light yellowish-grey^ the head blacky 

 the lower parts ash-grey^ paler behind^ and tinged icith yellow ; 

 wings and tail greyish-brown. Female similar ^ but with the head 

 reddish-brown. 



Male. — The Black-capped Warbler, although not remarkable 

 for beauty of colouring, is elegantly formed, and distinguished 

 above all our native species of its genus, excepting the Garden 

 Warbler, by the excellence of its sweetly modulated song. 

 It is very similar in size and colour to the next species, but is 

 easily distinguished from any other British bird of this family, 

 the male having the top of the head black, and the female 

 light-brown. The bill is rather short, broader than high at 



