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chiefly to the northern and midland counties of 

 England and Wales, and rarely found in the south. 

 In Ireland it is reported to have occurred at Moy- 

 view, Co. Sligo, in April 1875, and at the Blasquet 

 Islands, off the Kerry coast (Warren, Zool., 1875, 

 p. 4498; 1877, p. 237; and 1888, p. 267). It is 

 almost as rare in Scotland, where, however, it has 

 been known to breed in a few instances. Mr. R. 

 Service once found in Dumfriesshire a nest of the 

 Pied Flycatcher containing seven eggs, situated in 

 a deep hole in an alder tree ; and on another occa- 

 sion saw a brood of young ones which had just left 

 the nest. Mr, Harvie-Brown informs me that in 

 1872 specimens were obtained in Sutherlandshire 

 and Berwickshire. 



The Pied Flycatcher breeds annually in the 

 woods about Lowther Castle, Westmorland, and in 

 Yorkshire at Castle Howard, Duncombe Park, and 

 Bolton Woods. I once saw a male bird of this 

 species in Exton Park, Rutlandshire, during the 

 first week of September. Of late years, more 

 attention having been paid to the distribution of 

 birds in the nesting season, the Pied Flycatcher 

 has been observed in many parts of Wales, as, for 

 example, Pembroke, Brecon, and Glamorganshire, 

 and has been found nesting in Gloucestershire, 

 Hereford, North Devon, and the Isle of Wight. In 

 Cornwall it is seen in autumn on migration. 



The Collared Flycatcher [Muscicapa collaris) of 

 Europe, not unlike the Pied Flycatcher in general 

 appearance (see PI. 5, fig. 4), might well be mistaken 



