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68. SYLYIA, Scopoli. 



77. Blackcap. S. ateicapixla, {LinncBus). 



Sylvia atricapilla, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, 1., 146. 

 Curruca ,, Tarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, I., 307. 



A spring- and-autunia migTant. This cliarming songster is 

 found in all onr denes and thickets where there is a dense growth 

 of underwood or scrub, formed of the black thorn, bramble, rose, 

 and honeysuckle. Here it constructs its nest and finds the se- 

 clusion in which it delights. 



It arrives in April, and leaves us in September ; and at that 

 time may be met with on the coast. Individuals, however, occa- 

 sionally winter in the district. Mr. Dale, of Brancepeth, Bur- 

 ham, shot a male on the 5th of December, 1848, in his garden, 

 when it was feeding on the berries of the privet ; and about two 

 years afterwards the same gentleman killed a female, likewise in 

 December, and near the same place. 



78. GrAiiDEiir Waeblee. S. hoete:n'sis, {Gmelin). 



Sijlvia liortensis, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 148. 

 Curruca „ YaiTell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, I., 312. 



A spring-and-autumn migrant. This warbler takes up its 

 residence, during its summer sojoiuTi with us, in sequestered 

 localities similar to those chosen by its rival in song, the Black- 

 cap. The nest and eggs of the two species are very similar ; and 

 their song is so much alike that it is very difficult to distinguish 

 them. 



69. CUKRUCA, Bok. 



79. Lessee Whitetbceoat. C. gaeetjla, Brisson. 



Sylvia curruca, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 152. 

 Curruca sylviella, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, I., 320. 



This spring-and-autumn migrant is not by any means so abun- 

 dant as the two previous species. It nests where thick under- 

 wood prevails, and in sequestered lanes where wild shrubs have 



