176 AMONGST THE WOODLAND BIRDS— 
often invisible, but the sharp-eyed little bird 
detects them easily and takes them with an 
audible snap of the beak. This habit has 
given the spotted flycatcher the name of 
‘Post, Rafter, and Beam Bird,’ ‘ Bee Catcher,’ 
and the like. It is only during nesting time 
that a pair are seen together, as we had seen 
them in the morning. Some have called 
the bird ‘mopy,’ and he gives onesriie 
idea, as he sits alone with his head rather 
down on the shoulders and his legs bent, but 
the idea is dispelled when his activity is 
noticed. Heis late in making his appearance 
on our shores, arriving in May, and leaving in 
September or October. Sober tints charac- 
terize the plumage ; the upper parts are brown, 
the head streaked longitudinally with dark 
brown, the under parts white streaked longi- 
tudinally with the same colour, and brown 
streaks show on the breast—whence its 
name (distinguishing it from the Pred Fly- 
catcher, quite a different bird, which is 
white on the under parts of the body—and 
is also much rarer and seldom found in 
