90 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



white on outer margins of outer tail feathers ; 5th primary 

 distinctly longer (5-7 m.m.) than 2nd. 



Breeds. — N. and C. Algeria, N. Tunisia, Morocco ; Sierra 

 da Estrclla, Portugal (Witherby). 



M. atricapilla semitorquata Homeyer. White of throat 

 extending round sides of neck but not meeting ; some white on 

 outer webs of three outer pairs of rectrices. Wing 81-84 (H.). 



Breeds. — Greece, Asia Minor to Caucasus and Persia. 



Muscicapa albicollis Temminck. Collared Fly- 

 catcher. Fr. Gobe-mouche a collier ; Ger. Halsbandfliegen- 

 fiinger ; Ital. Balia del collare ; Swcd. Halsbands Flugsnappare. 



$ like $ "atricapilla" but white from throat continued round 

 hind neck to form a collar ; 2nd primary usually longer than 5th, 

 rarely equal, very exceptionally shorter ; rump white ; white fore- 

 head spot as large as in " speculigera." Bill, legs and feet black. 

 Wing ^ 80-85, ? 78-82. Tarsus 16-18. Bill from skull 9-5-11 (W.). 



Breeds. — Gothland Island, Silesia, Galicia, Austria, Hungary, 

 Carpathians, W. and S. Germany, S. Russia, north to Kiev and 

 Kasan Govts., Italy especially N., Sardinia (uncommon), Spain 

 and Portugal (rare). Migrates ; occurs on passage Switzerland, 

 N.E. Germany, Sicily, Malta (rare), Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, 

 Tripoli, Tunisia. W^inters C. Africa. Casual in Britain. 



Muscicapa parva parva Bechstein. Red-breasted 

 Flycatcher. Fr. Gobe-mouche rougeatre ; Ger. Zwergfliegen- 

 fanger ; Hal. Pigliamosche pettirosso. 



(^ adult. Above brown, greyish on face and sides of neck ; 

 chin, throat, and upper breast reddish orange ; breast and 

 abdomen white ; tail white, two central pairs and apical third 

 of other tail feathers dark brown. Bill brown. Legs and feet 

 dark brown. Wing $ 67-72, ? 64-70, Tarsus 17-18. Bill 7-8. 

 ^ Orange throat and upper breast replaced by buff; grey on head 

 and neck by brown. 



Breeds. — Central Russia, north to Baltic Provinces, east to 

 Orenburg and W. Siberia ; Finland, Germany (except W.), 

 Poland, Denmark (irregular), Austria (very rare), Carpathians, 

 Rumania, Bulgaria, Caucasus. Migrates. On passage Asia 

 Minor and Egypt chiefly in autumn, rare in Greece ; occasional 

 in W. Europe. Occurs in winter in N.W. India. 



