24 



Borkvm, p. 99 (1869) ; Grmj, Hand-l B. i. p. 213. no. 3017 (1869) ; 



Hcm/l. Orn. KO.-Afr. i. p. 310 (1869); Godman, Azores, ip. 24 



(1870); Salvad. Faun. Hal. Vcc.-^. 98(1871): IlarHng, Hmidb. 



Br. B. p. lo (1872): Neict. ed Tarr. Br. B. i. p. 418 (1873); 



Dreiser, B.Eur, i^t. xliv. (1875); Irh/, B. Gibr. p. 84 (1875); 



F(dlon, Ois. Belg. p. 51 (1875); Blanf. East. Pers. ii. p. 174 



(1870). 

 La Fauvette a tete noire, B^/ff. Hist. Nat. Ois. v. p. 125 (1778) ; 



Dmibent. PI. Enl. 580. fig-s. 1, 2 (1783). 

 Blackcap, Lath. Gem. Si/n. ii. p. 415 (178-3). 

 CuiTuca atriciipilla (Linn.), Koch, Syst. baier. Zool. i. p. 155 (1816) ; 



Boie, Isis. 1822, p. 5o3 ; Fleming, Brit. An. p. 70 (1828) ; Selby, 



Brit. Orn. i. p. 209 (1833): Gmdd, B. Eur.W. pi. 120 (1837) ; 



B/3. Comp. Lid B. Eur. 8c N. Amer. p. 14 (1838) ; Thomps. B. 



h-el. i. p. 18.S (1849) ; Bp. Con!>p. i. p. 2!l4 (1850) ; Jmib. et Barth.- 



Lapomm. Eich. Orn. p. 240 (1859); Filippi. Viagg. Pers. p. 348 



(1865) ; Loche,Expl. Hci. Alqer., Ois. p. 233 (1867); Sharpe, Cat. 



Afr. B. p. 35 (1871) ; SheUe'ij, B. Egypt, p. 105 (1872) ; Goidd, B. 



Gt. Br. ii. pt. Ix. (1873). 

 Monacbus atricapilla (Linn.), Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 33 (1829). 

 CiiiTiica heinekeni, Jard. Edinb. Journ. Nat. ^ Geogr. Sc. i. p. 243 



(1830) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 294 (1850). 

 Curruca nio-rieapilla, Brehm, Viig. Deirtschl. p. 417 (1831, «ec Cab.). 

 Curruca pileata, Brehm, to7n. cit. p. 418 (1831). 

 Ficedula atricapilla (Linn.), Blyth, Bennie's Field Kat. i. p. 310 



(1833). 

 Curruca rubricapilla, Landbeck, Vog. Wiirtemb. p. 44 (1834). 

 Philomela atricapilla (Linn.), Swains. Clnssif. B. ii. p. 240 (1837). 

 Epilais atricapilla (Linn.), Cub. Mm. Hein. i. p. 36 (1850). 

 Sylvia naunianni. Von Midler, Kaiim. 1851, pt. iv. p. 26. 

 Sylvia (Curruca) ruficapilla, Kat<m. Vog. Eevtschl. xiii. p. 411 (1853). 

 Curruca ruficajilla (Aau7n.), Brehm, Kainn. 1855, p. 283. 

 Sylvia heinekeni (Jardine), Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 213. no. 3018 (1869). 

 Sylvia ruficapilla (NanmX Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 213. no 3020 



(1869). * 



Sylvia (Curruca) atricapilla {Linn.), Fritsch, Vog. Eur. p. 171 (1870). 



In the adult male in spring plv^nar/e the general colour of the 

 upper parts is Lluish grey, almost imperceptibly sufiiised -^-ith olive- 

 bro'wn ; forehead and crown black ; checks and nape Lluish grey ; 

 wings and tail brown, narrowly margined on the outside weV)s with 

 olive-brown. Underparts pale bluish grey, shading into white on 

 the centre of the belly ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white ; 

 inner margin of quills pale grey. Bill of typical shape, dark brown, 

 the under mandible pale at the ba.se ; rictal bristles few and very 

 slender. Wing with the fourth and fifth primaries nearly equal 

 and longest ; second primary a little longer than the sixth ; 

 bastard primary extending 0-15 inch beyond the primary-coverts. 

 Tail shorter than the wing, outside feathers varying from 0-1 to 

 0-2 inch shorter than the longest. Legs, feet, and claws bluish 

 grey. Length of wing 3-0 to 2-G inches, tail 2-5 to 2-2, culmen 0-58 

 to 0'5, tarsus 0-85. 



The female differs from the male in having the black on the head 

 replaced by rusty brown. After the autumn moult the upper parts 



