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PAPERS, ETC. 
INSESSORES. 
DIVISION DENTIROSTRES. 
LANIADAE. LANIUS. 
7.—Lanius collurio.— Common Butcher Bird. 
The extraordinary size of nest used by these birds is worthy 
of notice ; itself not so large as a thrush, it makes a 
clumsy, large, cup-shaped nest of fibrous roots, lined 
with dry bents and a few hairs; its eggs are readily 
distinguishable from those of any other bird, from 
the spots being disposed so as to form a zone, gene- 
rally, though not always, on the large end of the egg; 
their colour is variable, being frequently of a yellowish, 
greenish, or bluish tint, spotted with darker colour; 
in length 11 lines, by 8 lines in breadth. 
MUSCICAPIDAE. MUSCICAPA, 
8.—Muscicapa grisola. —Spotted Fly Catcher. 
This pretty bird is one of our latest summer visitors, sel- 
This 
dom or never making its appearance till on or about 
May 20th, when it immediately commences the con- 
struction of its nest, which is frequently found in sin- 
gular situations ; a bird cage accidently left out in a 
garden, a lamp post in a street at Leeds, another 
near Portland Place, London, have been selected by 
this bird for a habitation ; the eggs are 9 lines in 
length by 7 lines in breadth, white, sometimes tinged 
with blue and spotted with pale red. 
9.—M. atricapilla.— Pied Fly Catcher. 
rare bird is noticed in Yarrell’s British birds, as 
breeding in Westmoreland, and even there in limited 
numbers, and peculiar localities ; it is therefore with 
great pleasure I record the occurrence of the nest 
