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SYLVIAD.E. 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



SYLVIAD^.. 



THE BLACKCAP WARBLER. 



Sylvia atricapilla, Blackcap Warbler, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 505. 



Motacilla 



Curriica 



Sylvia 



Curruca 



Sylvia 



Bec-Jin a tete noire, 



Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 258. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 70. 



Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 209. 



Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 108. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. iii. 



Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 201. 



Curruca. Generic Characters. — Bill rather stout, short ; upper mandible 

 slightly curved at the point, which is emarginated ; gape with a few hairs. 

 Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, exposed. Wings of moderate size ; tiie first quill- 

 feather very short, the second longer than the fifth, the third the longest in the 

 wing. Legs with the tarsus short, but longer than the middle toe ; the toes and 

 claws short, and formed for perching. 



