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not unlike that of the Redstart, although softer 

 and more agreeable, and the bird when utter- 

 ing it often shuffles its wings after the man- 

 ner of a Hedge Sparrow. Canon Tristram 

 found this bird to be a summer resident 

 in Palestine, and first noticed it in Galilee 

 on April 23rd; but, though remaining to 

 breed, he considered it rather a scarce bird 

 there. 



An allied species, Muscicapa albicollis, is 

 generally distributed over the South of Europe, 

 Palestine, and North Africa, which differs from 

 the Pied Flycatcher in having the nape of the 

 neck white instead of black ; in other words, the 

 white of the throat extends entirely round the 

 neck. It is found in Greece, Turkey, Tuscany, 

 Spain, Portugal, and France, less commonly in 

 the north of France, and not in Belgium or 

 Holland. It is singular, considering that the 

 two species occupy the same haunts during a 

 great portion of the year, that the White-necked 

 Flycatcher never accompanies its more sable 

 congener to England ; yet, so far as I am 



