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marsh at Spring-mount, near Clough, was placed in the midst of 
about half a dozen of reeds, and supported by the grass at their 
roots. It contained three eggs, of a dark stone colour, with a 
few slight streaks of a dark hue. The male bird was singing 
among the reeds near the nest, while the female was sitting 
on it.” * 
SEED WEEN. 
Salicaria arundinacea , Briss. (sp.) 
Sylvia „ Lath. 
Mr. Templeton has informed us that he “ once saw this bird in 
the vicinity of Belfast ; ” and Mr. E. J. Montgomery, that he shot 
a male specimen, at Eaheny, near Dublin, on the 21st of 
December, 1843. Although a regular summer visitant to 
England, it appears not to have been met with in the western or 
northern counties ; t nor to have occurred in Scotland. J 
THE BLACK-CAP. 
Curruca atricapitta, Linn, (sp.) 
Motacitta „ „ 
Sylvia ,, Lath. 
Is perhaps a regular summer visitant, to certain districts, 
but must be considered very local in Ireland. 
Although pretty generally distributed in England, the black-cap, 
according to Mr. Macgillivray,is "met with sparingly in the southern 
districts of Scotland 33 (vol. ii. p. 344) ; and is remarked by Sir 
Wm. Jardine to be rather local in his " own vicinity,” in Dum- 
fries-shire, having appeared there only within the last few years 
(B. B. vol. ii. p. 130 ; 1839). Around Belfast are districts ap- 
parently well suited to this warbler, which is, however, of extremely 
rare occurrence. Mr. Templeton noticed it as seen at his own 
residence, Cranmore, on the 17th of June, 1818, and twice 
since. On the 1st of March, 1834, an adult male specimen was 
brought to a bird preserver's in Belfast by the Bishop of 
Down, in whose garden, within a few miles of the town, it had 
* J. R. Garrett. f Selby; Yarrell. - \ Jard. ; Macg. 
