The Zoologist — Skptemuer, 1866. 375 



but with the Naturalist, properly so called, truth is the paramount 

 object of search ; and he regards with repugnance, I may almost say 

 abhorrence, every attempt at imposition. 



" In cases where additional synonymes or authorities occur in 

 the Supplement,"they have been incorporated with the others ; but any 

 additional species or remarks are retained under the respective heads 

 of Supplement and Appendix. 



" With these brief observations, which I trust will at any rate receive 

 the candid consideration of some of my readers, I commit my book to 

 their care, comforting myself with the reflection that the desire to be 

 useful has been the prompting cause of my laborious but agreeable 

 undertaking." 



EXAMPLES OF THE BOOK. 



[Flycatcher, Redbreasted. — Muscicapa parva, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 

 V. 3, p. 442; Temminck, Manual d'Ornithologie, vol. i. p. 159; 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, plate xii. — " The adult male has all the 

 upper parts of an uniform shade of cinereous-red, which assumes a 

 slightly blue tint above the eai's ; the wing-feathers are cinereous- 

 brown ; the four middle feathers of the tail, and the tips of the side 

 feathers of the tail, are blackish ; these last are pure white at their 

 base ; throat, fore part of the neck, and breast bright red ; flanks 

 reddish ; the remainder of the under parts white : bristles at the base 

 of the beak very long; beak and legs brown. Length 4 inches 5 

 lines. The adult female has the red of the breast and neck much 

 duller, and all the other colours less distinct. At present I am only 

 well acquainted with the young of this species. They are of a very 

 bright red on the breast and tianks ; the throat white, slightly tinged 

 with red ; all the upper parts ash-coloured ; the wing-feathers margined 

 and tipped with red ; the side feathers of the tail white, tipped with 

 cinereous-brown : in this state- it is the Muscicapa parva of Bechstein, 

 Naturg. Deut v. iii. p. 442 ; Kleiner fliegenfauger, Meyer, Tasschenb. 

 Deut. V. i. p. 215. Note. — This species, for which I am indebted to 

 my friends in Germany, is there migratory, but very diflicult to 

 procure. I have not heard that the species has been seen elsewhere ; 

 probably it only passes through France in its migrations. I am 

 unable to say whether it has a double moult, but I suppose so. It 

 inhabits the vast forests of Germany only during the very short 

 breeding season : it is common in the eastern parts of Germany 

 towards the south : it feeds on small insects. It builds on the united 



