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Mufcicapa Grifola, Lin. Sy. i. p. 328, 20. 
Curruca fubfufca, Frifch. pl. 22.? 
Le Gobe-mouche, Brif. orn. ii. pe 357+ 12 pl. 35. f. 3.— Buf, off. iv. p. 517. 
pl. 25. f. 2.— Pl. exl. 565. f. 1. 
Grifola, Raii Syz.-p. 81. 7.—Will. orn. p. 211. 
Stoparola Aldrov. ? Razz Syz, p. 77. A. 1.—Will, orn. p. 217. 
Cobweb, Mortoz Northampt. p. 426. 
‘Spotted Flycatcher, Br. Zool. 1. N° 134.—ArG. Zool. 
QIZE of the White Throat: length near five inches and three 
quarters. Bill dufky, bafe of it whitith, and befet with thort 
briftles: infide of the mouth yellow: the head large, brownifh, 
obfcurely fpotted with black: the back of a moufe-colour: 
wings, and tail, dufky the firft edged with white: breaft, and 
belly, white: throat, and fides under the wings, dafhed with red: 
legs black. Male and female much alike. 
This bird vifits us in the fpring, and departs in September. 
Builds againft any part of a tree that will fupport it; often in the 
‘hollow caufed by the decay of fome large limb, hole in a 
wall, &c. alfo on old pofts, and beams of barns; and is found - 
to return to the fame place feafon after feafon. It is carelefs in 
the placing the neft: makes it chiefly of mofs; often with a mix- 
ture of wool and fibres. Lays four or five pale eggs, marked 
with reddifh. 
Tt feeds on infects, and colleéts them on the wing. For this 
purpofe it fits on a branch, poft, 8c. and, on one flying by, 
leaps after, and, having caught it, returns to the place it fprang 
from. This it may be feen to do many times together. 
This fpecies frequents orchards where cherries grow, of which 
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