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Migrations. — Great Britain. — As a passage- migrant in autumn 

 (mid-Aug. and Sept.) and spring (end April and May), appears in 

 considerable numbers, especially in autumn, along east coast from 

 Yorks. to Kent. North of Yorks., and especially in north of 

 Scottish mainland more irregular, though passing through Orkneys 

 fairly commonly and noted on both passages in Fair Isle, but much 

 more rarely seen in Shet lands. In most other EngHsh counties 

 and in south and east Scotland appears as occasional straggler, gener- 

 ally in May, but seems particularly rare as migrant in Cornwall 

 and Devon, though noted with some regularity in Somerset, and 

 nearly every autumn at St. Catherine's Light (Isle of Wight). 

 It is as yet uncertain by what routes our breeding- birds reach their 

 quarters. In west Scotland (except Dumfries, and Kirkcudbright) 

 only recorded once or twice, and in O. Hebrides a rare vagrant. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe from lat. 69° or 70° north in 

 Scandinavia, and from 65° in Finland and 60^ in Russia to Spain, 

 Italy, and Sardinia. In east apparently to Urals, south-west to 

 Austria. In winter in Africa. Replaced by other races in north- 

 west Africa, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Persia, and Greece. 



MUSCICAPA COLLARIS 



117. Muscicapa collaris Bechst.— THE COLLARED FLY- 

 CATCHER. 



MusciCAPA COLLARIS Bechsteiii, Gemeinn. Xat. Deutschl., iv, p. 495 

 (1795 — Europe and Gennany : Thliringenvald). 

 Muscicapa collaris Bechst., J. B. Xichols, Brit. B., v, p. 238. 



Distribution. — England. — Two, males, near Winchelsea (Sussex), 

 one May 12, one May 13, 1911 {ut supra). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Island of Gotland in Baltic, Austrian 

 Poland, Austria, Hungary, south Russia, south Germany (locally 

 common in Bavaria), parts of middle, and very rare north, Germany, 

 south-east Europe generally, but in Greece apparently only migrant, 

 very local France, Belgium, Holland, also Italy ; possibly on some 

 Mediterranean islands, and Spain (?). On passage in most parts 

 of Europe, Persia, Asia Minor, Palestine, Egypt, Tripoh and Tunisia ; 

 winter- quarters probably in central Africa. 



MUSCICAPA PARVA 



118. Muscicapa parva parva Bechst.— THE RED-BREASTED 



FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa parva Bechstein, Latham's allg. Uebers. d. Vogel, 11, p. 356, 



fig. on title-page (1794 — Thiiringerwald). 



Muscicapa parva Bechstein, Yarrell, i, p. 224 ; Saunders, p. 161. 



