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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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THE Pied Flycatcher (Musicapa atricapilla, Linnaeus) is a 

 spring visitor to the British Islands. It is found breeding 

 in Europe south of the Arctic Circle, and spends the winter 

 in Central Africa. The adult male in summer has the head 

 and upper parts of body black; rump, greyish; forehead, 

 sides of neck, and under parts, pure white; wings, brown; 

 innermost secondaries, edged broadly with white; central 

 coverts, white; tail, blackish; outermost feathers, partially 

 white; irides, brown; bill, legs, and feet, black. Length, 

 about five inches. The female is much more dingy in 

 colouration than the male. The young in nestling plumage 

 are spotted on the upper parts with buff; under parts, 

 spotted irregularly with blackish-brown. 



