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from his fine song, to have been a great favourite with the 

 late Mr. Sweet. 



The Blackcap visits all the countries along the southern 

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

 from the communications in reference to Ornithology with 

 which I have been favoured by E. H. Rodd, Esq. of Pen- 

 zance, 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 communicated by Mr. Thompson of Belfast to 

 the Zoological Society. It visits also SuiFolk and Norfolk, 

 the northern counties of England, and some parts of Scot- 

 land ; 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 visitors 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 

 Europe. 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, and at Tangiers. 

 It is an inhabitant of the Azores, where the female is 

 called Red Hood. It is also a resident at Madeira ; and 

 M. Temminck has received specimens from the Cape of 

 Good Hope and Senegal. It inhabits North Africa, is 

 resident in the southern part of Italy all the year, fre- 

 quents Sicily and Crete, and the Zoological Society have 

 received specimens from Trebizond. M. Temminck fur- 

 ther 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 presented no 

 perceptible difference. 



