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or BIRDS. 
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BLACK-CAP. 
The Black-Cap is a very small bird, not 
weighing above naif an ounce* The top of 
the head is black, whence it took its name; 
the neck of an ash colour; the whole back 
of a dark green ; the wings of a dusky colour, 
with green edges; the tail nearly the same; 
the. nether part of the neck, the throat, and 
upper part of the breast, me of a pale ash- 
colour; and the lower part of the belly white, 
tinctured with yellow. This bird is very 
common in Italy, and is also found in Png- 
land. Their notes arc full, sweet, deep, loud, 
and of great compass: hence they have 
acquired the name of mock nightingale. 
They feed on insects, and construct their 
nests on the ground, laying about five eggs, 
of a pale reddish brown, sprinkled with spots 
of a darker colour. 
