RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER 



PLATE XXXVII.* 

 Muscicapa parva, B ECKSTEIN. 



THE Redbreasted Flycatcher is a very rare visitant, which 

 has only been captured three times in England. The 

 nest, like that of the last species, is usually placed in a hole 

 in a tree, and is formed of green moss and lichen, lined 

 with dried grass and hair. 



The eggs, which are from five to seven in number, are 

 of a pale greenish ground colour, mottled with rusty brown. 

 They vary considerably, some being much greener than 

 others. 



