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THE PIED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa atricapilla (L.). 



There is little or nothing to be gathered from the inland 

 reports relating to this species. 



The earliest arrivals recorded were in Breconshire on the 

 12th o£ April, and in Cumberland on the 20th ; three were 

 reported on passage in Hampshire on the 23rd, and some 

 numbers were passing through Wiltshire on the 19th of May. 

 The records of its occurrence at the lights were as follows : — 

 At St. Catherine's (Hants) two killed on the 22nd/23rd of 

 April, four were seen and one killed on the 28th/29th, while 

 two more were killed on the 5th/6th of May. At the Outer 

 Gabbard light-vessel (Suffolk) several were seen and one 

 killed on the 12th of May between 4 and 6 p.m. coming 

 from the east. At Haisboro' light (Norfolk) one was killed 

 on the 14th/15th of May, and several more were seen in the 

 shrubberies near the lighthouse on the 18th. Pied Fly- 

 catchers were building in Yorkshire on the 8th of May, and 

 nests with eggs were found in Carmarthen on the 14th and 

 in Radnor on the 17th. 



Cheonological Summary of the Records. 



April 12th. Brecon. 



IGth. Argyll. 



„ 20th. Cumberland. 



21st. Hereford. 

 „ 22nd/23rd. Hants light. 



„ 23rd. Hants (passing). 



„ 25th. Lancashire. 



„ 26th. Yorkshire (passing). 



