Flycatcher. INSESSORES. MUSCICAPA. 



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PIED FLYCATCHER. 



MuscicAPA LUCTUOSA, Temm. 



PLATE XLIII«. Figs. 2, 3. 



1. 



155. 



Muscicapa luctuosa, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 



Gobe Mouche becfique, Temm. id. 



Muscicapa atricapilla, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 935. sp. 9. — Lath. Ind. Oniith. 



V. 1. p. 467. sp. 2. 

 Rubetra Anglicana, Briss. Orn. v. 3. p. 436. sp. 27- 

 Schwartzriickiger Flugenfanger, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. p. 431 Meyer, 



Tasschenb. Deut. p. 232 — Frisch. I. 24. f. 2. 

 Pied Flycatcher, Br. Zool. 1. 351. t. 135 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 391 Le- 



wirCs Br. Birds, 3. t. 38 Lath. Syn. 3. p. 324. 2.— Mont. Oniith. Diet. 



Id. Suppl — Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. t. 195. 



Motacilla ficedula, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 936. sp. 10. 

 Sylvia ficedula, Lath. Ind. Ornith. 2. p. 517- sp. 28. 

 Muscicapa muscipeta, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 3. p. 435 



Le Becfigue, Biiff. Ois. v. 5. p. 18? Id. PI. Enl. G68. 



Schwartzgralier Fhigenfanger, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 213. 

 Epicurean Warbler, Arct. Zool. v. 2. p. 419 Lath. Syn. v. 4. p. 432. 



Syn. of Adult 

 Male in sum- 

 mer. 



Male, Female, 

 and Young in 

 winter. 



This species has been treated as indigenous in some parts Occasional 

 of our island by many of the British ornithologists, but I 

 have not hitherto been able to determine whether this is a 

 well-grounded assertion ; and T was led to doubt, from my 

 own experience being in direct opposition to it. Within the 

 last two or three years, several specimens of this bird have 

 fallen under my inspection, all of which were killed in the 

 spring or summer.-|- I have inquired also in those districts 



+ Two specimens of the present species were sent to me for inspection 

 by the Rev. T. Gisborne, College, Durham, which were killed at Yoxall 

 Lodge, in Staffordshire, on 20th August 1827. They were evidently 

 young birds of the year, and precisely alike in colour and markings. Head 

 and upper parts of the body gi'ey, tinged with brown. Greater wing-co- 

 verts tipped with yellowish-white. Quills, commencing at the fourth, 

 with a white spot at the base of the outer web. The two nearest the body 

 having the whole of the web deeply marginated with white. Chin and 

 throat yellowish-white. Breast and under parts yellowish-white, tinged 

 with grey. Tail brownish-black ; the three outer feathers on each side ha- 

 ving their exterior webs margined with white. Bill and legs black. 



The follo^ving memorandum accompanied them : " Two supposed FI3'- 



