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69. Pied Flycatcher Muscicapa atricapilla. 
(1) Muscicapa atricapilla atricapilla, L. (Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, p. 326—1766, 
—Sweden). 
(2) Muscicapa atricapilla semitorquata, Hom. (Zeit. ges. Orn. 2, p. 185, 
1885—Caucasus). 
(1) Noted by Weigold at Urfaon April 15th and fairly common on passage 
for a few days. 
(2) This race arrived at Urfa and passed through before collaris. It arrived 
on April 11th and was common up to 19th. 
Buxten saw a Pied Flycatcher of sorts at Baghdad on September 25th and 
Stoneham records a pair at Samarra on April 10th. 
This race must surely occur more numerously in Mesopotamia? I may here 
record that on March 22nd a male Pied Flycatcher came on board near Tanb 
Islands in the Persian Gulf and left, going north, when the Persian shore became 
visible near Bunder Abbas. I had it repeatedly within a few yards of me. 
Cumming obtained a male inJanuary 1887 anda female on August 29th, 
1886, at Fao. These are in the British Museum and Mr. Kinnear has identified 
them as belonging to this race. 
70. Collared Fiycatcher. Muscicapa collaris. 
Muscicapa collaris, Bechst. (Gem. Naturg. Deutschl., 4, p. 495, 1795— 
Thuringerwald, Central Germany). 
The only records of this species are those of Weigold who found it common 
at Urfa on passage between April 15th and 21st. Its migration route would 
not seem to pass over middle and lower Mesopotamia. 
71. Red-breasted Flycatcher. Muscicapa parva. 
Muscicapa parva parva, Bechst. (Latham’s allg. Urbers d. Vogel 2, p. 
356, 1794—Thuringerwald). 
The only record is that of Cumming who got one at Fao on October 10th, 1884. 
72. Chiffchaff. Phylloscopus collybita. 
(1) Phylloscopus collybita collybita, Vieillot. (N. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., 11, 
1817, p. 235—France). 
(2) Phylloscopus <collybita abietina, Nilsson (Kgl. Vat-Akad. Handl., 
1819, p. 115—Sweden). 
(3) Phylloscopus collybita tristis, Blyth. (J. A. S. B., 12, 1843, p. 966 
—Calcutta). 
(4) Phylloscopus collybita sindianus, Brooks (Stray Feathers, p. 476, 
1880—Sind). 
None of the Phylloscopi were differentiated in the field and so the various 
species and races can practically only be dealt with from specimens obtained, 
The Chiffchaffs are common winter visitors throughout the area in suitable 
situations such as gardens, crops, scrub, reeds, etc. They appear to arrive late, 
as the earliest record is of one obtained on October 26th; after that they are 
fairly common though it seems likely many pass through to winter further 
south, as a great increase in numbers is noted by several observers in the last 
week in March on return passage. Cheesman heard them in song at Khazi- 
main on March 16th and Pitman near Basra on March 26th. They move north 
early in April, the latest date for collybita is April 5th and of abietina April 22nd. 
(1) Judging by the skins received, the typical race is perhaps the commonest 
and certainly the first two and probably also tristis over-winter. Weigold does 
not record the typical race from Urfa and Zarudny says it is a rare passage 
migrant in the Karun district, which is somewhat strange both in view of our 
records and that of Woosnam’s, whose skins from that area (February 14th to 
March 26th) according to Witherby all belong to the typical race. 
