Class II. PIED FLY-CATCHER. 



473 



Miiscicapa atricapilla. M. ni- 

 gra, subtus frontisque macu- 

 la alarumqne specvilo albis, 

 rectricibus lateralibus extus 

 albis. Lath, Ind. orn. 467. 

 id. Syn. iii. p. 323. 



Atricapilla sive ficedula. Aldr. 

 av. ii. 331. 



Cold finch. Wil orn. 236. 



Raii Sy?i. av. 77. 



Edw. 30. 



Frisch, i. 22. 



Le Traquet d'Angleterre. Ru- 



betra anglicana. Brisson, av. 



iii. 436. Hist, d'ois. v. 222. 

 Meerschv/artz pluffle. Kramer 



Aust. 377- 

 Muscicapa Atricapilla. Gm. 



Lin. 935. 

 Faun. Suec. No. 256. Tab. 1. 



103.5./. 1. 

 Cold-finch. Br. Zool. 103. B, 



Jig. 1. Arct. Zool. ii. 85. 



Pied. 



JL HIS is less than a hedge sparrow. The bill 

 and legs are black ; the forehead white; the head, 

 cheeks, and back black ; the coverts of the tail 

 spotted with white; the coverts of the wings 

 dusky, traversed with a white bar; the quil fea- 

 thers dusky; the exterior sides of the secondaries 

 white, the interior dusky ; the middle feathers of 

 the tail black ; the exterior marked with white ; 

 the whole under side of the body white. 



The female wants the white spot on the fore- 

 head ; the whole head, and upper part of the 

 body are of dusky brown ; the white in the 

 wings is less conspicuous ; the under side of the 

 body is of a dirty white. 



It is found occasionally in different parts of 

 England. 



" In respect to England this is a rare species, 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



