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INSESSORES. SYLVIAD A. 
DENTIROSTRES. 
THE BLACKCAP WARBLER. 
Curruca atricapilla. 
Sylvia atricapilla, Blackcap Warbler, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 505. 
Motacilla ,, os % Monracu, Ornith. Dict. 
9 » ” > Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 258. 
Curruca es a Fiem. Brit. An. p. 70. 
x p op . Sevsy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 209. 
Sylvia Bs oS JzeNyNs, Brit. Vert. p. 108. 
Curruca 55 eh Ms Gou Lp, Birds of Europe, pt. ili. 
Sylvia »  Bec-fin a téte noire, Tum. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 201. 
Curruca. Generic characters.—Bill rather stout, short; upper mandible 
slightly curved at the point, which is emarginated ; gape with afew hairs. Nos- 
trils basal, lateral, oval, exposed. Wings of moderate size ; the first quill-feather 
very short, the second longer than the fifth, the third the longest in the wing. 
Legs with the tarsus short, but longer than the middle toe; the toes and claws 
short, and formed for perching. 
Tur Brackear is a true Sylvan Warbler,- visiting this 
country from the South and East every spring, arriving 
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