THE BLACKCAP WARBLER. 



The Blackcap is about five and a half 

 inches in length, has a jet-black crown 

 and light olive-brown upper parts, becom- 

 ing greyer on the rump ; throat and 

 breast ash-grey, and under parts white. 

 The female is somewhat similar in ap- 

 pearance, except for the fact that the 

 top of her head is chocolate-brown iri- 

 stead of 

 black. 



This species 

 loves small 

 woods and 

 spinnies with 

 abundant 

 undergrowth, 

 shrubberies, 

 old orchards, 

 gardens, and 

 bits of waste 

 land with 

 plenty of 

 brambles and 

 nettles grow- 

 ing thereon. 

 If there is 

 a sluggish 

 stream close by, so much the better ; 

 although I have several times found it 

 breeding far away from water of any kind. 

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