4477 
MUSCICAPA GRISOLA. 
(SPOTTED FLYCATCHER.) 
Muscicapa, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 357, pl. xxxv. fig. 3 (1760). 
Muscicapa grisola, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 328 (1766). 
t Motacilla ficedula, Linn. tom. cit. p. 330 (1766). 
Le Gobe-mouche, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 517 (1778). 
Butalis, Boie (Muscicapa grisola, Linn.), Isis, 1826, p. 973. 
Butalis montana, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 220 (1831). 
Butalis pinetorum, C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 221 (1831). 
Butalis africana, Bp. Compt. Rend. 1854, i. p. 652. 
Butalis alpestris, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 80 (1855). 
Butalis domestica, C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 80 (1855). 
Muscicapa griseola (.), G. R. Gray, Hand-list of B. i. p. 521. no. 4811 (1869). 
Gobe-mouche gris, French; Yarathio, Papa-moscas, Portuguese; Papamoscas, Spanish ; 
Pighiamosche, Italian; Zanzarel, Maltese; Sorsh, Arabic; gefleckter Fliegenfanger, grauer 
Fliegenfanger, German; Vliegenvanger, Dutch; Graa Fluesnapper, Danish; Graa Flue- 
snapper, Norwegian; Gra Flugsnappare, Swedish; Harmaja-Karvaisieppaaja, Finnish ; 
Pienka, Russian. 
Figure notabiles. 
D’Aubenton, Pl. Enl. 565. fig. 1; Werner, Atlas, Jnsectivores, pl. 6; Kjerb. Orn. Dan. 
taf. xv.; Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 22. fig. 2B; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 24. fig. 4; Naumann, 
Vog. Deutschl. taf. 64. fig. 1; Sundevall, Svensk. Fog]. pl. 17. fig. 1; Gould, B. of Kur 
pl. 65; id. B. of G. Brit. ii. pl. 19; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pl. 115. 
Ad. pileo pallidé brunneo plumis centraliter fuscis, frontis plumis albido marginatis: corpore supra griseo- 
fusco: alis et cauda saturaté fuscis: remigibus secundariis cum tectricibus alarum extus albicante fusco 
marginatis: corpore subtus albido: guld, abdomine et crisso puré albis: pectore summo pallidé fusco 
lavato, pectore et colli lateribus fusco-griseo striatis: hypochondriis sordidé lutescente fusco tinctis: 
subalaribus et axillaribus sordidé vinaceo-cervinis: rostro brunneo, ad basin mandibule pallidiore: 
iride fusc4 : pedibus nigris. 
Juv. capite et corpore supra fuscis, maculis numerosis albidé testaceis notatis: subtus albus, gula et pectore 
sordidé fusco notatis: alis et caud4 ut in adulto picturatis, sed secundariis intimis conspicué fulvido- 
cervino marginatis, et tectricibus alarum majoribus valdé cervino apicatis. 
Adult Male (Piedmont, 17th May). Crown light brown, the feathers with dark brown centres, the margins 
to those on the forehead nearly white, nape, back, wings, and tail hair-brown, the wings and tail rather 
darker; inner quills and wing-coverts narrowly margined with pale brown; chin, upper throat, and 
abdomen white, the rest of the underparts dull white, the upper breast washed with light brown; sides 
