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counties, including some southern ones. Scotland. Breeds very 

 locally in Dumfries, and has bred exceptionally in Kirkcudbright, 

 Ayr., Midlothian, Haddington, Roxburgh, Peebles, and Inverness. 

 Ireland. Vagrant. Fourteen occurrences. One co. Sligo, one 

 Maidens' Light (co. Antrim), one Rockabill Light (co. Dublin), five 

 Tuskar Light (Wexford), four Fastnet Light (Cork), one Ballyeottin 

 Light (Cork), one Tearaght Light (Kerry) ; two April, rest autumn. 



MIGRATIONS. Great Britain. Early arrivals second week April 

 (early dates March 26, April 3). Main arrival of summer residents, 

 last week April to mid-May. Passage-migration first week May to 

 first week June. Departure of summer-residents begins mid- Aug. 

 at same time as passage-migration, and the two movements cannot 

 at present be separated, passage lasts until first few days Oct. 

 (late date Oct. 16.) As passage-migrant autumn and spring in 

 considerable numbers, especially autumn, along east coast from 

 Yorks. to Kent. North of Yorks., and especially in north Scottish 

 mainland more irregular, though passing through Orkneys fairly 

 commonly and noted both passages in Fair Isle, but much more 

 rarely Shetlands. In most other English counties and in south 

 and east Scotland recorded as occasional straggler (probably 

 regular passage -migrant in May, especially south coast counties, 

 though generally overlooked), generally in May, but seems particu- 

 larly rare as migrant Cornwall and Devon, though noted with some 

 regularity Somerset, and nearly every autumn at St. Catherine's 

 Light (Isle of Wight). As yet uncertain by what routes our 

 breeding-birds reach their quarters. In west Scotland (except 

 Dumfries, and Kirkcudbright) only recorded once or twice, and in 

 0. Hebrides rare vagrant in autumn. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Europe from lat. 69 or 70 north in 

 Scandinavia, and from 65 in Finland and 60 in Russia to Spain, 

 and central Italy. In east apparently to Urals, south-west to 

 Austria. In winter in Africa. Casual Madeira ; passage migrant 

 Canaries. Replaced by other races in north-west Africa, Caucasus 

 Asia Minor, Persia, and Greece. 



MUSCICAPA ALBICOLLIS 



121. Muscicapa albicollis Temm. THE COLLARED FLY- 

 CATCHER. 



MUSCICAPA ALBICOLLIS Temminck, Man. d'Orn., p. 100 (1815 New 



name for M. collaris"). 



ftfuscicapa collaris* Bechstein, Gemeinn. Nat. Deutschl., iv, p. 495 



(1795 Europe and Germany : Thiiringerwald) ; Hand-list B.B., p. 55 



(1912) 



Muscicapa collaris Bechst., J. B. Nichols, Brit. B., v, p. 238. 



*Muscicapa collaris Bechstein, 1795, is preoccupied by Latham's M. collaris 

 of 1790, which referred to an African bird. 



