18 Messrs. Sheppaud o/r/ Whitear's Catalogue 



we liave seen it at Iligham : it is also found in other parts of 

 these counties. A bird, which appears to be a variety of this 

 species, was shot about the middle of May by the Rev. James 

 Brown of Norwich, in the marshes below that city. This bird 

 has no vibrisscc. 



4. .S'. Lusc'uiia (Nightingale). 



5. S. Atricapilla (Black-cap). 



The Black-cap may with propriety be called the English 

 Mocking-bird. We have heard it sing the notes of the Blackbird, 

 Thrush, Nightingale, Redstart, and Sedge AA'arbler ; and besides 

 its own peculiar whistle, which is most delightful, it frequently 

 makes a noise resembling that of a pair of shears used in clipping 

 a fence, which also is the noise made by the young of this spe- 

 cies. During the period of incubation the male Black-cap oc- 

 casionally sits on the eggs in the absence of the female. 



(J. aS'. horfensis (Greater Pettychaps). 



This species of warbler has been found in the neighbourhood 

 of Ipswich, and we have received its eggs from Diss. One 

 which we examined agreed with Montagu's description ; to which 

 might be added, that the upper mandible is notched, and the 

 base of the bill beset with vibrissa. It may also be remarked, 

 that when the mandibles are closed, the suture appears of a yel- 

 lowish hue : the upper parts of the head and the back to the 

 insertion of the tail, have a silvery tint upon them, and in par- 

 ticular lights are damasked, as it Avere, in longitudinal lines. 

 The under parts of the young are deeply tinged with yelloAv. In 

 the evening the Greater Pettychaps will sit in the midst oi" a 

 thick bush, and Avarble very melodiously for a length of time, in 

 that respect resembling the Nightingale. It will frequently begin 



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