314 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the [Ibis, 



Range. The Pied Flycatcher breeds in Europe and winters 

 in Africa. A geographical race has been recognized from 

 north-west Africa, and one from Asia Minor. 



Muscicapa parva parva. Red-breasted Flycatcher. 



Muscicapa parva Bechstein, Latham's Allg. Uebers. d. 

 Vogel, ii. 1794, p. 356— Type locality: Thuringia. 



A very Rare Visitor, which has been recorded on one 

 occasion only. 



Polatzek (Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 123) writes : "M. parva was 

 taken in the Canary Islands by myself. I shot a juvenile 

 specimen in Lanzarote on the 24th of November, 1904. 

 There were several more there, only T could not proj)erly 

 recognize them in their ver}' different immature plumtige. 

 The specimen I killed is in the collection of von Tschusi at 

 Hallein.'^ 



In an earlier part of the same paper (Orn. Jahrb. 1908. 

 p. 82) Polatzek notes that Tschusi confirmed the identi- 

 fication of this specimen. 



This occurrence of the Red-breasted Flycatcher in the 

 Canary Islands is very interesting. 



Owing to the war I have naturally been unable to examine 

 the skin of Polatzek's bird, which should be done at the first 

 opportunity. It will surely prove to be a skin of the typical 

 species. 



It may be remarked that it is quite impossible for 

 any ornithologist to confuse a skni of tlie immature Red- 

 breasted FIvcatcher with that of any other species ; and 

 Ritter von Tschusi is a most careful natuialist, whose 

 identification of such a bird can be accepted without 

 question. 



Ratige. The Red-breasted Flycatcher breeds in Europe and 

 winters in western India; it lias, however, been procured 

 near Cairo. The possibility of its wintering in tropical 

 Africa was suggested by the editors of the 'Hand-List of 

 British Birds.' 



