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MUSCICAPID^E. 



TN8S880RE8. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



MUSCICAPID^E. 



THE SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa grisola. 



Musdcapa grisola, Spotted Flycatcher, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 471. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 213. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 63. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 141. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 97. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Gobe-mouche gris, TEMM.Man. d'Ornith.vol.i. p. 152. 



MUSCICAPA. Generic Characters. Beak of moderate length, stout, 

 angular ; broad and depressed at the base ; compressed towards the point, 

 which is slightly curved : the base surrounded with hairs directed for- 

 wards. Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, partly concealed by hairs. Feet with 

 the tarsus the same length, or even longer than the middle toe : the lateral 

 toes nearly equal in length ; the outer toe connected to the middle one ; 

 the claw of the hind toe stronger and more curved than either of the 

 others. Wings the first feather very short, the second not so long as the 

 fourth, the third the longest. 



