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SYLVIAD^. 



INSE8SOBES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



SYLVIADM 



Sylvia atricapilla, Blackcap Warbler, 

 Motacilla , 



Curruca 







Sylvia 

 Curruca 

 Sylvia, 



THE BLACKCAP WARBLER. 



Curruca atricapilla. 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 505. 

 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. 

 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 ; the 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. 



THE BLACKCAP is a true Sylvan Warbler, visiting this 

 country from the South and East every spring, arriving 



Bee-fin d iete noire, 



