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would not identify individuals, in their summer- and winter-dress, as 
birds of the same species. Food: worms, insects, the smaller Crus- 
tacea and Mollusca, obtained by following the ebb-tide. Nest: a 
mere depression in the ground, lined with a few straws or withered 
grasses. Eggs: three or four, of large size, greenish-grey, spotted 
with reddish-brown. 
PiaTeE XIX. A nicely-coloured, but not very spirited, representa- 
tion of the Spotted Flycatcher,—Muscicapa grisola,—le Gobe- 
mouche gris, #’r.,—Gefleckter Fliegenfanger, G. A summer-visitant 
of Britain; insectivorous. Nest constructed of moss and small twigs, 
lined with hair and feathers, in the branches, or decayed holes, of 
trees, on the beams or rafters of out-buildings. Eggs: four or five, 
greyish-white, with reddish-brown spots of a deeper hue towards the 
obtuse extremity. 
Prare XX. A fine and delicately-coloured figure of the Caspian 
Tern,— Sterna Caspia,—lHirondelle-de-mer Tschegrava, Fr..— 
Sterna maggiore, J¢.,—Grosse oder Caspische Meerschwalbe, G.,— 
terminates this Part. Dispersed over the northern shores of Africa, 
the east of Asia, and all the more temperate portion of Europe, and 
preferring inland seas, as the Mediteranean, Black, and Caspian, it is 
an occasional, yet rare, visitant of the British coasts. Food,: fishes, 
Moilusca and Crustacea. Nest: a mere hollow, scraped in the sand 
or shingle. Eggs: two or three, of a greyish-green colour, sprinkled 
with large brown and deep-black spots. As distinguished from the 
other Terns by the relatively larger size of the bill, the specific desig- 
nation, Megarhynchos (Gros-schnablige, G.), applied by Meyer 
and Bechstein, is peculiarly applicable to this noble species. 
This Analysis will be continued in our next Number. 
Paradise-street, Birmingham, 
December, 1838. 
