OUR RARER BRITISH BREEDING BIRDS. 



FLY-CATCHER, PIED. 



THE Pied Fly-catcher, although local, is by no means 

 a rare bird. I have during half a day's tramp in 

 South Wales come across as many as four pairs, 

 although not specially on the look-out for the bird. 

 I have also met with it breeding in Westmoreland 

 and Yorkshire, but never had the good fortune to 

 find its nest in Scotland. 



PIED FLY-CATCHER'S NEST. 

 (About three-eighths natural size.) 



It is easily identified, especially when the male is 

 seen, as his white wing and forehead patches, black 

 upper- and white under-parts, render him a very 

 conspicuous bird for his size. 



He has a pleasant little song, resembling that 

 of the Kedstart so much, that whilst out in Wales 

 with my brother one day last spring, I stopped him 

 in order that I might detect the whereabouts of what 

 I supposed to be a member of the latter species 

 singing in a cottage garden. The songster turned 



