310 SYLVIAD A. 
from his fine song, to have been a great favourite with the 
late Mr. Sweet. 
The Blackeap 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 Suffolk 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. 
