SYLVIAD^. 



Sp. 10. Cu. atricapilla. 



Sylvia atricapilla. Steph. v» x. p. 648. — Inhabits Britain and 

 other parts of Europe. 



Sp. 11. Cu. melanocephala. 



Cv.grisea, guld, collo antice ventrisque medio albis; alis caudaque 

 Jiiscis; redrice exteriore utrinque exterrih albo, secundd apice 

 macula alba ; capite nigro aut Jusco. 



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

 the belly white j 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. Ind, Orn. ii. 509. — Temm. Man. 

 d'Orn. 2 Edit. i.^IOi^ 



Inhabits Spain. Allied to the last : length five 

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

 round the eyes a little naked aijd 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. Temminck? 



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. 14. Cu. conspicillata. 



tu. cinerea, infra riifo'alba} regio oculari alba nigro cincto; dorso 

 nifo; gida alba; rostri basijlavo apice nigro. 



