LEUCOMELE FLYCATCHER. 329 



RATHER more than six inches in length : the 

 beak, irides, and legs, dusky : the forehead, crown, 

 nape of the neck, lower part of the breast, the 

 belly, rump, and great portion of the tail, white: 

 the rest of the plumage black : the two middle 

 tail-feathers black ; the others white, with black 

 tips : the female has the upper parts of her body 

 grey brown ; the under parts ash-colour : the 

 throat and fore-part of the neck ash-coloured 

 grey; and the eye-brows white. 



This bird inhabits rocky places about the banks 

 of the Volga, where it constructs its nest in holes 

 in the banks; it is composed of dry sticks; and 

 the female is said to lay as many as ten eggs : it is 

 a very bold bird : feeds on insects. 



