MUSCICAPA.] AVES INSESSORES. 97 



form reddish brown. (Young.) General plumage resembling that of the 

 adult female, but with less of the grayish tinge on the nape and rump ; 

 upper parts here and there barred with blackish brown. (Egg.) Pointed : 

 ground colour reddish white, spotted with darker red and ash-gray, the 

 spots forming a band near the large end : long. diam. eleven lines ; trans, 

 diam. eight lines. Obs. The eggs of this species vary occasionally, and 

 are sometimes greenish white, with spots of light brown and ash-gray 

 intermixed. 



A regular summer visitant, arriving in the Spring, and departing in the 

 early part of the Autumn. Not uncommon in some parts of the country. 

 Haunts copses, tall hedges, and furzy commons, where it builds. Nest 

 formed of moss and wool, intermixed with grass, and lined with hair: 

 eggs five or six. Food principally coleopterous insects. Obs. The Wood- 

 Chat figured at p. 75 (vol. i.) of Bewick's British Birds, is only the 

 female of this species. 



GEN. 13. MUSCICAPA, Linn. 



32. M. grisola, Linn. (Spotted Flycatcher.) Upper 

 plumage brownish ash : under parts white : head and breast 

 spotted with dusky. 



M. grisola, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 152. Spotted Flycatcher, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. Selb. Illmt. vol. i. p. 141. pi. 43*. f. 1. Bew. 

 Brit. Birds , vol. i. p. 210. 



DIMENS. Entire length six inches one line: length of the bill (from 

 the forehead) five lines and a half, (from the gape) nine lines; of the 

 tarsus seven lines ; of the tail two inches eight lines and a half; from the 

 carpus to the end of the wing three inches four lines : breadth, wings 

 extended, ten inches three lines. 



DESCRIPT. All the upper parts of the plumage brownish ash ; crown 

 of the head obscurely spotted with dusky : throat and middle of the 

 belly white ; sides of the neck and breast with longitudinal streaks of 

 brown ; flanks tinged with pale orange-red : legs dusky brown. (Egg.) 

 White tinged with blue, and mottled all over with pale reddish yellow 

 brown : long. diam. nine lines ; trans, diam. seven lines. 



A migratory, and common species. Arrives in this country about the 

 middle, or towards the latter end of May : departs in the Autumn. Fre- 

 quents gardens. Builds in holes of trees and old walls; often in the 

 branches of trees nailed against walls. Nest formed of bents, moss, &c. 

 interwoven with spider's webs and a little wool ; lined with dry grass and 

 feathers. Eggs five in number ; hatched about the second week in June. 

 Food insects, taken on the wing. Has no song. 



33. M. luctuosa, Temm. (Pied Flycatcher.) Upper 

 plumage black ; forehead, and under parts of the body, 

 white. 



M. luctuosa, Temm. Man. a" Orn. torn. i. p. 155. Pied Flycatcher, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet, and Supp. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 143. pi. 43*. 

 f. 2, 3. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 206. 



DIMENS. Entire length five inches two lines. 



DESCRIPT. (Adult male in summer plumage.) All the upper parts, 

 including the tail, deep black ; forehead and under parts pure white:' 



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