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MOTACILLA ATRICAPILLA. 



Sy^t. Nat. 332. 



THE SUMMER BLACKCAP. 



PLATE LVII. 



JL he Bill is black at the point, elsewhere of a dusky 

 colour ; the eyes are black ; the crown of the head, 

 black ; the back, mouse colour, with a cast of olive ; 

 the wing and tail feathers, dusky, with olive edges ; 

 the throat, breast, and belly, white ; the legs and feet, 

 black. 



The hen differs from the cock only in being the 

 lesser bird, and in that the feathers on the head are 

 not black, but of a reddish brown, as figured on the 

 bottom of the plate. 



The fly is called Musca Muliehris ; it has no English 

 name. The figure is magnified, the natural fly being 

 only about two lines long ; it is a scarce species. 



