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deeper in colour, with pale borders to the secondaries and 

 greater wing-coverts ; underparts white, shaded with haii-- 

 brown on the upper part of the chest and flanks, and spotted 

 with that colour on the sides of the throat and crop ; beak 

 and legs brownish black ; irides brown. 



Entu-e length 5'5 inches; cuhnen 0*45; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 3"3 ; tarsus 0'6. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 65. 



77. MusciCAPA ATRiCAPiLLA, Linn. Fied Flycatcher. 



Von Heuglin (Orn. N. 0. Afr. p. 438) mentions that the 

 Pied Flycatcher is met with in Lower Egypt during its 

 migration towards the end of March and in April. It is not, 

 however, so plentiful as the next species. 



Male in spring plumage. — A white spot on each lore, con- 

 nected on the forehead ; top of the head, back, shoulders, and 

 upper tail-coverts black ; nape and rump dusky ; quills and 

 scapulars dusky, with some white on the secondaries and 

 scapulars ; the greater wing-coverts broadly tipped with white ; 

 tail black, excepting the external web of the outer feather on 

 each side and the basal portion of the inner web of all but the 

 two centre feathers, which are white ; the entire under surface 

 white, this colom' extending for three-quarters of the way 

 round the neck ; beak and legs black ; ii'ides dark brown. 



The plumage of the female is duller, and she has no white 

 spots on the forehead. 



Entire length 5' 5 inches ; culmen 0'4 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 3*5 ; tarsus O'S. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 63. 



