256 MUSCICAPA 



380. SUBSP. MUSCICAPA SEMITORQUATA. 



Muscicapa sem'itorqiiata, E. F. von Homeyer, Zeitsclir. gesammt. Orn, 

 1885, p. 185, Taf. x. ; Dresser, ix. p. 173. 



<$ ad. (Turkey). Most nearly resembles M. collaris, but the white 

 collar extends only half way round the neck, not meeting behind, and the 

 two outer tail feathers are white, with a terminal black patch on the inner 

 web. Culmen 0'4, wing 3'2, tail 2'0, tarsus 0*7 inch. 



Hob. Southern Russia, the Caucasus, and east to Persia r 

 occasionally straying as far west as Turkey. 



I find nothing on record respecting the habits or nidification 

 of this bird. 



381. RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER : 

 MUSCICAPA PARVA. 



Muscicapa parva, Bechst. Gemeinn. Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 505 (1795) ; 

 Naum. ii. p. 241, Taf. 65, fig. 3 ; Gould, B. of E. ii. pi. 64 ; id. B. of 

 Gt. Brit. ii. pi. 20 ; Newton, i.'-p. 224 ; Dresser, iii. p. 465, pi. 159 \ 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 161 ; (Gates) F. Brit. Ind. Birds 

 ii. p. 9. 



Gobe-moucke rougedtre, French ; Pigliamosche pettirosso, Ital. ; 

 Kleiner Fliegenschnapper, German ; Lille Fluesnapper, Dan. ; 

 Lilla Fhigsnapparc, Swed. ; Malaya Mycholovka, Russ. 



$ ad. (Germany). Crown, sides of head and neck/ and nape ashy blue- 

 grey, tinged with brown on the crown ; upper parts wood-brown, the 

 upper tail-coverts blackish : wings brown, externally margined with ful- 

 vous, middle tail-feathers and the terminal third of the rest blackish, the 

 basal portion white ; chin, throat, and upper breast rusty orange ; rest of 

 the under parts white, flanks washed with warm buff ; bill brown above, 

 brownish flesh below ; legs black ; iris dark brown. Culmen 0'45, 

 wing 2*65, tail 2*15, tarsus 0'68 inch. The female has the upper parts as 

 in the male, the crown similarly coloured to the back, and the under parts 

 dull white, the lower throat, breast, and flanks washed with warm buff, 

 The young male resembles the female, but has the under parts white, slightly 

 tinged with buff on the breast, the flanks washed with warm buff. 



Hob. Central and Southern Europe, rarely straying as far 

 north as Southern Sweden and Great Britain ; Asia as far east 

 as the Yenesei and Turkestan ; wintering in North Africa and 

 India. 



Frequents groves and woods, especially where beech- and fir- 

 trees are intermingled, and is shy and secretive in its habits r 



