SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 



BEAM BIRDRAFTERCOB-WEB BIRD BEE BIRD CHERRY 

 CHOPPER CHERRY SUCKER CHANCHIDER. 



PLATE XXXVIII. 

 Muscicapa grisola, ..... LINNAEUS. 



X TIDIFICATION commences immediately after the arrival 

 IN of the birds, which is usually in May ; they almost 

 seem to have paired before their migration, or if not, at all 

 events they do so at once when here. 



The nest, which is built at the beginning of June, is 

 composed of various materials, such as small twigs, catkins, 

 and moss, lined with feathers, hair, down, and cobwebs. 

 It is a neat structure, assorting in colour with the surround- 

 ing objects. The same situation is resorted to year after 

 year, and scarce any attempt is made at concealment. A 

 pair which built in the trellis-work close to the drawing- 

 room window of a house I once resided in, not being dis- 

 turbed, returned there three successive summers. Another 

 pair have now for two seasons built in the same way, in 

 the trellis-work over the drawing-room window of Nafferton 

 Vicarage, in which this account of it is written. A favourite 

 resort is such a place, or a tree trained against a wall, on 

 account of the support afforded by it. 



Another couple placed theirs in a tree immediately over 



