NATURAL HISTORY. 



SYLVIA. 



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Atricapilla (Lat. llackhaircd), the Blackcap Warbler. 



number reddish brown, marked with dark spots. The length 

 of the bird is nearly six inches ; the third primary feather is 

 the longest. 



The CHIFF-CHAFF, so called from its peculiar cry, is almost 

 the first of the Warblers that visits us in the spring, and one 

 of the last to leave us in the autumn, sometimes remaining 

 here until the middle of October. This little bird is found 



Rufa (Lut. rutldj), the Cldff-chaff. 



in most of the southern counties of England, and in Wales, 

 but has not been noticed north of Northumberland. On its 



