340 CLASS AVES. 



to Ficedula, is applied in the south and in Italy, se- 

 veral naturalists have united the specific characters 

 of these birds under one certain state of this Fly- 

 catcher, and have formed of it the imaginary species 

 presented under the name of Bec-figue in BufFon and 

 his followers. 



The M. Collaris of Bechstein and Temminck, and M. 



Streptophora of Vieil. 

 Europe also contains two other species. 



English Flycatcher, Emheriza Luctuosa, Scopoli, 



Muscicapa Atricapilla, Gmelin ; Motacilla Ficedula, 



Gmel. Muscicapa Muscipeta, Bechst. Motacilla, 



Atricapilla, Gmel. PI. Enl. t. 668. f. 1. Edw. t. 30. 



f. 1. 2. 



Body above and tail-feather deep black ; forehead, and 



beneath white ; wings black ; middle and large coverts 



white. The former has a white collar (which is 



wanting in this species). 



Muscicapa Parva, Bechstein. 



Above reddish-ash ; behind the ears bluish ; quills ashy- 

 brown ; four middle, and tips, side tail-feathers blackish ; 

 throat and chest bright red, beneath Avhitish ; length 

 four inches and a half. 



The exotic species are those found on the old 

 continent. 



Muscicapa Senegalensis, Gm. Le Pririt. Vail. O. A. 



t. 161. PI. Enl. t. 567. f. 1. 2. Muscicapa Pririt, 



Vieil. 

 Chest band and eye-streak black ; body beneath white, 

 above bluish-ash ; crown bluish. Africa. 



