BLACKCAP WARBLER. 



coast of England from Sussex to the Land's End ; but, from 

 the communications in reference to Ornithology with Avhicli 

 I have been favoured by E. H. Rodd, Esq. of Penzance, this 

 bird is more common in the wooded districts of Cornwall of 

 late years than it was formerly. It visits Wales, and has 

 been taken, once at least, in the North of Ireland, as com- 

 municated by Mr. Thompson of Belfast to the Zoological 

 Society. It visits also Suffolk and Norfolk, the northern 

 counties of England, and some parts of Scotland ; but I have 

 not been able to find any recorded notice of its appearance in 

 the Scottish Islands. It is, however, included among the 

 summer visiters to Denmark, was seen by Mr. Hewitson in 

 Norway, and, according to M. Nilsson, arrives in Sweden 

 about the end of May, and goes as far north as Lapland. 



This bird visits also the eastern and central parts of Eu- 

 rope. In Germany it is called the Monk, in reference to the 

 hooded appearance of both male and female. It is found in 

 summer in Spain and Portugal. It is an inhabitant of the 

 Azores, where the female is called Red Hood. It is also a 

 resident at Madeira ; and JSI. Temminck has received speci- 

 mens from the Cape of Good Hope and Senegal. It inha- 

 bits North Africa, is resident in the southern part of Italy 

 all the year, and the Zoological Society have received speci- 

 mens from Trebizond. M. Temminck further states that he 

 has received specimens from Japan, and one skin of a female 

 from Java ; and however distant these localities may appear, 

 these specimens present no perceptible difference either in 

 form or in the colour of their plumage. 



In the adult male, the beak is dark horn colour ; the irides 

 dark brown ; all the upper part of the head above the eyes jet 

 black ; nape of the neck ash grey ; back, wings, and tail, ash 

 brown ; chin, throat, aud breast, like the nape, ash-grey ; 

 belly and under wing-coverts white ; under surface of quill- 

 feathers and tail grey; legs and toes lead colour; claws brown. 



