BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 133 



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THE Red-breasted Flycatcher (Musicapa parva, Bechstein) 

 is an occasional autumn migrant to the British Isles, 

 occurring also in both Central and South-Eastern Europe, 

 and as far to the east as India, wintering in Northern 

 Africa. The adult male in summer has the general coloura- 

 tion of the upper parts of plumage olive -brown; crown, 

 nape, and cheeks, bluish-grey, paler on latter; two middle 

 tail-feathers, blackish -brown; base of outer ones, white; 

 terminal end,, broadly tipped with blackish-brown; throat 

 and breast, deep orange with a reddish tinge and fringed with 

 greyish; remainder of under parts, white, washed on flanks 

 and under tail-coverts with creamy-buff; irides, hazel; bill, 

 brown, lighter at base; legs and feet, brown. Length, from 

 four to five inches. The female in general resembles the 

 male, but the throat is buff. 



