THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER. 



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DESCRIPTION. Adult male. Winter. Portions of upper -parts 

 which are black in summer replaced by brown ; apparently con- 

 siderably less white on collar and back and rump ; innermost 



The Collared Flycatcher (Muscicapa albicdlis). $ adult, summer. 



secondaries darkish brown with less white than in summer ; wing- 

 coverts apparently brown and inner greater coverts grey-brown 

 with only a little white on outer webs. Only one partially moulted 

 specimen available for examination. Summer. No moulting 

 specimen examined, but moult appears to be same as in M. h. hypo- 

 leuca. Feathers over nostrils black ; fore-head and fore-part of 

 crown (circular shape) white varying somewhat in extent but much 

 larger than in M . h. Jiypoleuca ; rest of crown jet-black ; broad 

 collar round nape white ; mantle, lower part of rump and upper tail- 

 coverts jet-black ; back and upper -part of rump greyish -white ; 

 lores, ear -coverts and round eye black ; under -parts white ; axil- 

 laries white with dusky-black bases ; tail jet-black, outermost pair 

 of tail-feathers often with some white (varying in extent) on outer 

 webs and penultimate pair sometimes with a little white on outer 

 webs ; primaries black, 2nd with base of inner web only white, rest 

 with bases of both webs white showing 10-15 mm. beyond primary- 

 coverts ; secondaries same with white showing just beyond greater 

 coverts, 6th with white extending further towards tip on outer 

 web, three innermost with outer webs white and usually part of 

 inner webs white ; primary -coverts black ; outer two or three 

 greater coverts black, rest white with black bases ; median and 

 lesser coverts black with sometimes a few brown winter ones 

 remaining. N.B. Upper -parts are more uniform jet-black than in 

 M . h. hypoleuca and apparently never have an admixture of 

 brown or greyish feathers. 



Adult female. Winter and summer. Like that of M. h. 



