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olive grey ; the throat and breast are silvery grey ; the 

 belly and vent are white; the legs are lead colour. 



The black-cap appears in April, and retires in 

 September. 



Its song is much admired, being reckoned the next 

 in sweetness to the nightingale. 



It forms its nest of goose grass, wool and moss, 

 and lines it with fibrous roots. 



The female lays 4 or 5 pale reddish brown eggs, 

 sprinkled with ash colour* 



9. MODULARIS. HEDGE SPARROW, WINTER 



FAUVETTE, OR DUNNOCK. 



& supra griseo-fusca, tectricibus alarum apice albis, 

 pectore ccerulescente-cinereo. Shaw. 



The bill is blackish ; irides reddish ; plumage dusky 

 brown ; the back and wing feathers are edged with 

 reddish brown ; the cheeks, throat, and fore-part of 

 the neck are dull bluish ash colour ; the belly is dirty 

 white ; the quills and tail are dusky ; the rump green- 

 ish brown ; the legs are brown. 



The hedge sparrow builds its nest near the ground 

 of green moss and wool, and lines it with hair. 



The female lays 4 or 5 blue eggs. 



