98 AVES INSESSORES. [MUSCICAPA. 



wings black; the middle and greater coverts white. (Female.) Upper 

 parts grayish brown : the white on the forehead and wings less con- 

 spicuous: the three outermost tail-feathers edged with white. (Young 

 male.) Upper parts grayish brown : wings black ; coverts and scapulars 

 broadly edged with white: tail black; the three outermost feathers 

 edged with white on the exterior web, the white portion gradually de- 

 creasing: under parts yellowish white, tinged with brown. (Egg.) Uni- 

 form pale blue : long. diam. eight lines and a half; trans, diam. six lines 

 and a half. 



Found in Yorkshire, and in some other parts of the North during the 

 summer months; but is very local. Is probably a bird of passage. 

 Habits similar to those of the last species. 



(2.) M. albicollis, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 153. White- 

 collared Flycatcher, Gould, Europ. Birds, part 7. 



Mr Gould, in his valuable work above referred to, states that he "has 

 seen this species in a collection of British birds, and was informed that it 

 was supposed to have been killed in England." Its claims, however, to a 

 place in our Fauna require to be confirmed by some further authority. The 

 general character of its plumage is very similar to that of the M. luctuosa. 



GEN. 14. CINCLUS, Bechst. 



34. C. aquaticus, Bechst. (Water-Ouzel.) Upper parts 

 brown: throat and breast white: abdomen brownish red. 



C. aquaticus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 177. Water-Ouzel, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet, and Supp. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. n. p. 118. 

 European Dipper, Selb. Iltust. vol. i. p. 172. pi. 45*. 



DIMENS. Entire length seven inches six lines. 



DESCRIPT. (Male.) Upper parts deep brown, passing into black; the 

 feathers on the back and wings edged with ash-gray : throat, eyelids, 

 sides and fore part of the neck, and upper part of the breast, white : 

 lower part of the breast, and belly, brownish red : vent and under tail- 

 coverts dusky brown : bill blackish : irides yellowish brown : legs yel- 

 lowish. (Female.) Upper part of the head and neck cinereous brown : 

 the red and white on the under parts less pure. (Young of the year.) 

 Head and upper part of the neck gray : some whitish spots on the wings : 

 the white on the under parts extending almost to the vent, and marked 

 with transverse streaks of grayish brown. (Egg.) Pointed: white: 

 long. diam. one inch; trans, diam. nine lines. 



Inhabits rocky streams, and the banks of rapid rivers, chiefly in the 

 mountainous parts of the country, where it resides all the year. Common 

 in the North of England, and in Scotland : found also in Wales, Devon- 

 shire, and occasionally in other parts. Feeds on aquatic insects ; and is 

 capable of diving. Nest on the ground, composed of moss and leaves, 

 and arched over. Eggs four to six; hatched in May. 



GEN. 15. TURDUS, Linn. 

 * Plumage brown, and spotted. 



35. T. viscivorus, Linn. (Missel-Thrush.) Lore 

 grayish white : upper plumage cinereous brown ; wing- 

 coverts edged with white : all the under parts spotted. 



