110 MUSCICAPID^E. 



Muscicapa collaris. WHITE-COLLARED 

 FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa COllaris JBechstein, Latham's allg. Uebers. d. 

 Vogel, ii. 1794, p. 317 : Germany. 



Muscicapa collaris Bechst. ; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. 1879, 

 p. 160; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 41; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 160. 



Collaris = of the neck, from the bird's distinctive white neck. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. It has 

 occurred in Sussex in May 1911, and previously it was stated 

 by Gould to have been taken in our Islands. 



General Distribution. The White-collared Flycatcher 

 breeds in southern and central Europe, extending as far north 

 as the Island of Gothland in the Baltic and as far east as 

 southern Russia, but apparently it does not breed in Greece. 

 On passage it is met with in most parts of Europe, the 

 Mediterranean countries, and Persia. It probably winters in 

 central Africa. 



Muscicapa parva. RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa parva JBechstein, Latham's allg. Uebers. 

 d. Vogel, ii. 1794, p. 356 : Tharingia. 



Muscicapa parva Beclist.; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. 1879, 

 p. 161 ; B. O. U. List, Isted. 1883, p. 42 ; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 161. 

 Pwrva = small. 



Distribution in the British Islands. An Irregular Visitor 

 chiefly observed in autumn; but noted once in January and 

 once in June. Has occurred in the Shetland and Orkney 

 Islands, Outer Hebrides, Bell Rock, and Isle of May, Fife, 

 Northumberland, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Cheshire, 

 Cornwall, Scilly Isles, cos. Wexford, Cork, Kerry, and Donegal. 

 General Distribution. The Red- breasted Flycatcher 

 breeds in Europe, from Denmark and St. Petersburg to the 

 Alps ; also in west Siberia. It winters in western India, and 



