210 SYLVIAD/H. 



Sp. 10. Cu. atrieapilla. 



Sylvia atrieapilla. Steph. v. x. p. 648. — Inhabits Britain and 

 other parts of Europe. 



Sp. 11. Cu. melanocephala. 



Cu. grisea, g"Id, collo ant ice ventrisque medio alb is ; alts caudaquc 



Jicsds ; rectrice exteriore utrinque extcrne albo, secundd apice 



maadd alba; capite nigro autfusco. 

 Griseous Whitethroat, with the throat, neck before, and middle of 



the belly white ; the wings and tail brown ; the outer feather 



on each side externally white, the second with a white spot at 



the tip ; the head black or brown. 

 Sylvia melanocephala. Lath. Lid. Orn. ii. 509. — Temm. Man. 



d'Orn. 2 Edit. i. 204? 



Inhabits Spain. Allied to the last : length five 

 inches : beak black ; base of the under mandible white : 

 round the eyes a little naked and reddish : the male 

 has the crown, hind head, cheeks, and feathers on the 

 ears black : throat, neck before, and middle of the 

 belly white : nape, back, sides of the belly, and wing- 

 coverts deep grey : wings and tail dusky, the outer 

 feather white on the outer web and tip ; on the se- 

 cond a white spot : legs brown. The female, the head 

 dusky ash ; and the rest of the plumage paler than 

 the male. 



Sp. 12. Cu. orphea. Temmmck? 



Sylvia hortensis. Steph. v. x. p. 581. — Britain and Europe. 



Sp. 13. Cu. sylvia. 



Sylvia cinerea. Steph. v. x. p. 597. — Britain and Europe. 



Sp. 1 4. Cu. conspicillata. 



Cu. cinerea, infra rnfo-alba; reg'io ocular i alba nigro cinclo ; dorso 

 rufo; gula alba; rostri basijlavo apice nigro. 



