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Croatian, Crnoglava grmusa; Danish, Munk; Dutch, Zwartkop; French, Fauvette à tête noire; German, Mönch-Grasmücke; Hungarian, Barátka poszáta; Italian, Capinera; Norwegian, Munk, Sorthaette; Swedish, Svarthitfvade Sångarm; Russian, Tschernogolowka; Polish, Pokrywka czarnogtowka.

Adult Male in Spring.—The 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