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is white ; the top of the head, the back, and tail are 

 black ; the rump is dashed with ash colour, ; the 

 wing coverts are dusky, the greater coverts are tipped 

 with white ; the exterior sides of the secondary quills 

 are white, as are also the outer feathers of the tail ; 

 all the under parts are white; the legs are black. 



The female has a longer tail, and is brown, where 

 the male is black ; the white spot on the forehead is 

 also wanting. 



This bird is very rare ; we have observed it about Kirk- 

 stall Abbey, Yorkshire. 



2. GRISOLA. SPOTTED FLY CATCHER, OR BEAM- 

 BIRD. 



M. subfusca subtus albicans, collo longitudinaliter 

 maculato, crisso rufescente. Shaw. 



The bill is dusky, at the base whitish ; the inside 

 of the mouth is yellow ; irides hazel ; the upper parts 

 are brown, spotted with black ; the breast and belly 

 are dull white; the throat, sides, and under the 

 wings are tinged with red ; the tail is dusky ; the legs 

 are black. 



" Mr. White observes that the fly-catcher, of all the 

 summer birds is most mute, and the most familiar. It 

 visits this island in the spring, and departs in September. 

 It builds its nest in a vine, or sweet-briar, against the wall 



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