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BLACKCAP. 



Sylvia atricap,illarilfe?/er, British Birds, folio Ed., vol. i (coloured plate 



figuring "adult male, female, and egg) [1835-43] ; Macgillivray , 



■ Btrilisli Birds, vol. ii, pp. 339-344, fig. 170 (woodcut of head), 1839; 



, Yarrell, British Birds, 4th Ed., vol. i, edited by Newton, pp. 418-422 



: (woodcut), 1873 ; Dresser, Birds of Europe, vol. ii, pp. 421-427, 



pi. 66 (coloured figures of adult male and female), 1875 ; Seebohm, 



British Birds, vol. i, pp. 394-399, pi. 10, fig. 3 (egg), 1883 ; Lilford, 



Coloured Figures, vol. iii, p. 56, pi. 28 (coloured figures of adult 



male and female), 1885 ; Saunders, Manual of British Birds, 2nd 



Ed., pp. 47-48 (woodcut), 1897. 



Curruca atricapilla, Hewitson, British Oology, 1st Ed., vol. i, pi. 42, fig. 

 (egg) [1836] ; Gould, Birds of Great Britain, vol. ii, 2 pp, pi. 60 

 (coloured figures of adult male and female), 1865 ; Booth, Bough 

 Notes, vol. ii, pp. 49-50, 1884. 



Curruca atracapilla, Hewitson, Eggs of British Birds, 2nd Ed., vol. i, 

 pp. 93-94, pl7;27, figs. 1 and 2 (eggs), 1846. 



Sylvia atracapilla, Hetmtson, Eggs of British Birds, 3rd Ed., vol. i, 

 pp. 126-27, pi. 34, ugs. 1 and 2 (eggs), 1856. 



Croatian, , Crnoglava grmusa, ; Danish, Munh ; Dutch, Zwartkop ; French, 

 Fauvette d tele noire ; German, Monch-Grasmucke ; Hungarian, Bardtka 

 poszdta) Italian, Capinera; Norwegian, Munk, Sorthaette ; Swedish, 

 Svarthitfvade Sang arm / Eussian, Tschernogolowka ; Polish, Bokrywka 

 czarnogtowka. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUMAGE. 



Adult Male in. Spring;.— TKe crown is pure black with a 

 slight bluish gloss; The hind neck and the sides of the head 

 are pure ashy grey, and the mantle and rump the same colour, 

 but distinctly' washed with olive/ ; The upper parts of the 

 wings and tail are olive grey,' the" large feathers being edged 

 with a lighter tint of the same colour, and the shaft of both 

 wing and tail-feathers reddish .brown. The throat, chest, and 

 flanks are ashy grey, but the colour on the flanks is rather 

 lighter and washed with olive buff. The abdomen is white, 

 and the under tail-coverts whitish grey with ashy grey 



