246 THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



season, but they are mostly in the bases of the feathers, thus are 

 invisible in the field. The young have the upper parts mottled 

 with buff. Length, 47 ins. Wing, 3'i ins. Tarsus, -6 in. 



White-collared Flycatcher. Musdcapa collarls Bech. 



Gould figured the White- collared Flycatcher on the strength 

 of a specimen that he saw in a taxidermist's shop, but the 

 evidence of its British origin was considered unsatisfactory ; in 

 May, 1911, two males were shot in Sussex, and these are accepted 

 by the B.O.U. Committee. The male is easily distinguished 

 from the Pied Flycatcher by its white collar which divides the 

 black on the crown from that on the back, and in young birds 

 and females there is usually some indication of a collar. The 

 bird breeds in central and southern Europe and winters in 

 Africa ; it is rather surprising that it has not been noticed 

 before as a wanderer. Length, 5 ins. Wing, 3*15 ins. Tarsus, 

 •65 in. 



Red-breasted Flycatcher. Musdcapa parva Bech. 



The Red-breasted Flycatcher breeds in central Europe from 

 Denmark eastward into western Siberia, and is known to winter 

 in India. As, however, it is an irregular autumn visitor on 

 passage to our islands, it seems likely, as has been suggested, 

 that we are at present unaware of the extent of its winter range, 

 which probably extends into Africa. 



This neat little Flycatcher, with, in the male, ruddy breast 

 and brown back suggesting a small Robin with white in its tail, 

 has been observed most frequently on the Norfolk coast, though 

 a few have been obtained in other parts of the east and south 

 coasts from the Forth to the Scilly Islands ; it has also reached 

 the Shetlands, Outer Hebrides and the lights on the Irish coast, 

 so that it may be concluded that there is a west as well as east 



