40 FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



appearance, owing to the feathers being at first marked 

 with a pale yellowish- white spot at the end. 



The Spotted Fly-catcher is said to be tolerably well 

 distributed throughout all southern and central Europe, 

 and along the western coast of Africa. In Great Britain 

 it is much less common in the extreme north than in the 

 other portions of the kingdom, and in the islands of 

 Orkney and Shetland it is very rarely seen ; it is a 

 regular visitor to some parts of Ireland, but very locally 

 distributed even in those counties in which it is found. 



The Spotted Fly-catcher can with difficulty be kept in 

 confinement, but when so kept it becomes very tame. 



