PASSERES— MUSCICAPID/K 89 



M. grisola neumanni Porlic. Upper surface pnlcr q'cncrall)' 

 and streaks below distinct but fainter. 



A Western Asiatic race wliose range reaches the Caucasus. 

 Has occurred in winter in E. Africa.) 



M. grisola tyrrhenica Schiebel. Striations on crown and 

 underparts less sharply defined. 

 Ihreds.— Corsica and Sardinia. 



M. grisola balearica Jordans. Breast striping less distinct than 

 in "grisola" but not so faint as in "tyrrhenica"; white feather 

 edges on crown broader. 



Bj'ceds. — Majorca (Balearic Islands). 



Muscicapa atricapilla atricapilla L. Pjed Fly- 

 catcher. Fr. Gobe-mouche noir ; Ger. Trauer-Fliegenfanger. 

 Ifal. Balia nera ; Swed. Svart och hvit Flugsnappare. 



^ adult, summer. Above black ; forehead white (5-6 m.m.), 

 base of primaries and secondaries mostly white, forming a double 

 speculum ; 2nd primary equal to or slightly shorter than 5th ; 

 beneath white ; almost always some white on outer web of two 

 outer pairs of tail feathers (amount of white on rectrices is variable 

 in all races, and occasionally absent). Bill, legs and feet black. 

 Wing $ 76-83, ? 74-80. Tarsus 17-19. Bill 8-10. Winter: 

 black above replaced by brown ; white patch on forehead lost ; 

 upper tail coverts black, rump brown with some black feathers ; 

 tail and primaries brownish black. $ like winter $^ but rump 

 and upper tail coverts brown and tail dark brown. Young : dark 

 brown above, with buff spots ; beneath pale buff with blackish 

 spots. 



^rtrrt'.f.— Europe north to E. Finmark, England, Scotland 

 (local), Finland, C. Russia north to 60° and east to Urals, Perm, 

 Ufa and Samara. In Holland, Belgium, N. and C. France, 

 Spain, Austria, and Hungary chiefly on passage but some breed. 

 Migratory ; occurs on passage Balkan Peninsula, Portugal, 

 Mediterranean generally, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Egypt and 

 N.W. Africa. Winters in tropical Africa. 



M. atricapilla speculigera Bonaparte. 



^ White on forehead greater in extent (7-9-5 m.m.) ; specula 

 in wings larger and more visible in closed wing ; generally no 



