120 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Benton, in Northumberland : we suppose them to 

 be male and female, as one of them wanted the 

 white spot on the forehead ; in other respects it was 

 similar to the male; the upper parts in both were 

 black, obscurely mixed with brown; the quill fea- 

 thers dark reddish brown : tail dark brown, the 

 exterior edge of the outer feathers white; legs 

 black. 



The nest of this bird, with its young, was found 

 in the hole of a tree, in Axwell Park, June 18, 

 1801: the parent birds, but particularly the male, 

 were extremely expert in catching the small flies 

 with which they incessantly feed their young. The 

 female always jerked up her tail after she had 

 performed that office. 



