Class II. BLACK-CAP WARBLER; 



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Sylvia. atricaplUa. S. testacea 

 subtus cinerea, pileo obscu- 



Olina, 9. Scopoli, No. 229; 

 Raii Syn. av. 7Q. 



4. Black- 

 cap. 



ro. Lalh. Lid. orn. 508. id. 



Motacilla Atricapilla. Gm. 





Syn. Iv. 415. 



■ Lin. 970. -^^-I^f 





Atricapilla. Gesner av. 371, 



Faun. Suec. sp. 256. 





384. 



Hav-Skade. quihusdam Spikke. 





Aldr. av. il. 329. 



Br. 228. ~ •'-■■^-•-,»^^-^"' 





JVil. orn. 226. 



Moench mit der' Schwarfzefl 



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La Fauvette a tete noire, Cur- 



Platte (Monk with .the blact 





ruca atricapilla. Brisson a». 



crown) Frisch, i. 23. 





iii. 380. HisL d'ois. v. 125. 



Schwartz plattl. Kram. 377. 





- PL Enl. 580. 



Br. Zool. 101. plate S. f. 5. 





Gapinera. Zinan. 56. 



^rci. Zoo/, ii. 1 14. .. . 





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This ytS: i3 aM6^^ tli^&trMlfelt: iftMs^^rlbe, 

 scarcely weighing half an ounce. The crown of 

 the head in the male is black ; the hind part of 

 the neck of a light ash-color ; the back and co- 

 verts of the wings are of a greyish green ; the 

 quil feathers and tail dusky, edged with dull 

 green ; the breast and upper part of the belly 

 are of a pale ash-color ; the vent feathers whit- 

 ish ; the legs of a lead color. The female is dis- 

 tinguished from the male by the spot on the 

 head, M'hich in that is of a dull rust-color. The 

 black-cap is a bird of passage, leaving us before 

 winter. It sings very finely^ and on that ac- 

 count is called in Norfolk the mock nightingale. 

 It has usually a full, sweet, deep, loud wild 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



