BLACKCAP. 



BLACKCAP WAEBLEE. MOCK NIGHTINGALE. 



Sylvia atricapilla, PENNANT. JENYNS. 



Motacilla atricapilla, MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



" mosquita, GMELIN. 



Curruca atricapilla, GOULD. FLEMING. 



Sylvia. Sylva A wood. 

 Atricapilla. Ater Black. Capillus The hair of the head. 



THE Blackcap is more cosmopolite in its character than 

 any other of the British Warhlers. It frequents the whole 

 of the temperate parts of Europe, from Spain and Portugal 

 to Germany, Italy, Lapland, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. 

 In Africa it is found from the northern parts to the Cape 

 of G-ood Hope, and midway in Senegal, as likewise in 

 Madeira and the Azores. In Asia also it is known, in 

 Persia, Java, and Japan. 



Throughout England it is met with in all quarters of the 

 country, but mostly in the south, from Sussex to the Land's 

 End, and from Suffolk and Norfolk to Derbyshire and Wales. 

 In Cornwall it is scarce; in Yorkshire it is commonly dis- 

 tributed, but is least plentiful it is said near Huddersfield, 

 where, however, some are believed to stay throughout the 

 year. One was caught in the township of St. John in Bed- 

 wardine, near Worcester, on the 20th. of January, 1843. 

 Another in January, about the year 1847, near Dover; and 

 one on the 22nd. of December, 1852, in Norfolk. 



In Ireland it seems to be a regular summer visitant to 

 certain districts, but must be considered very local. Dr. 

 Harvey, in his 'Fauna of Cork,' mentions two taken there 

 in November, 1839; and one was found dead in the garden 

 of Mr. Ball, near Youghal, in the second week in January, 

 1838. Eobert J. Montgomery, Esq., Jun., shot two on the 



