ii2 BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



FLYCATCHER, PIED. 



(Muscicapa atricabilla.} 

 Order PASSERES ; Family MUSCICAPID^: (FLYCATCHERS). 



Description of Parent Birds. Length about 

 five inches. Bill rather short, straight, pointed, 

 and black. Irides dark brown. On the forehead 

 is a small white patch, which differs in point of 

 size in individuals ; crown and nape brownish- 



PIED FLYCATCHER'S NEST AND EGGS. 



black ; back black ; wing-coverts and quills blackish- 

 brown ; edges of greater coverts and outer webs of 

 tertials white. Tail dusky-black, parts of outer and 

 second feathers white. All the under -parts are 

 white. Legs, toes, and claws black. 



The female lacks the white forehead, and is 

 generally less distinctive in her coloration. 



Situation and Locality. In holes of trees and 

 walls and crevices of rocks, in wild, out-of-the-way 

 parts in the six northern counties of England, 

 Wales, and the south of Scotland. Our photographs 



