474 PIED FLY-CATCHER. Class II. 



but is most common in Yorkshire, Lancashire, 

 and Derhyshire. Mr. Bolton says it visits the 

 fVest Riding in April, and departs with the 

 young in September. A nest built on the 

 branch of an almond-tree was well concealed ; 

 it was loose in structure, composed of moss, 

 hay, small sticks, roots, and lined with finer 

 "fibres, hair and a few feathers. The eggs, six 

 in number, were pale bright blue. A few years 

 since a young male was shot at Uxbridge. 

 It is not observed in the west of England,'' 

 J. L. 



