CURRUCA ATRICAPILLA, Brisson. 

 Common Blackcap. 



PLATE XCIV. 



C. capite] subcristata nigra, nucha genisque griseis, dorso uropigioque olivaceis, 

 subtus gricescente albus. 



Curruca atricapilla, Briss. 3. p. 580. 



Sylvia atricapilla, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. p. 508. — Selhy, Orn. part i. p. 175. 



Blackcap, Bern. Br. Birds, i. p. 217- 



Bee-fin a tete noir, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. p. 201. 



"We have added a plate of this well known species, for comparison with 

 the preceding, surmises having been expressed by some of our friends that 

 it was only a variety. It will also serve as an illustration of the genus 

 Curruca, of which it is typical. We are anxious to illustrate all the known 

 genera, and will announce our intention on this subject at length in our 

 No. VII. 



A detailed repetition of the numerous descriptions which are in the pos- 

 session of all interested in this branch of natural history, is considered here 

 unnecessary * It may be added, however, that it has a more extensive 

 northern range than was formerly or even now generally understood. We 

 met with it last summer in considerable abundance about Inverary, and on 

 the banks of Lochawe in Argyleshire, in company with C. hortensis and 

 Sibilatrix, and the common Redstart, Phcenicura ruticilla. 



* For accurate descriptions, with instructions to treat and rear those birds which are entitled 

 to the distinction of " So?ig Birds,"" consult a treatise on British Song Birds, published under the 

 superintendence of Patrick Syme, Esq. Edinburgh. 



