108 MtTSOtCAWD^E. 



mrtensis=oi the island of St. Kilda (Lat. HiHa), off the west of Scotland. 



Distribution. — Resident in, and peculiar to, the St. Kilda 

 group of islands. 



Troglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus. 



Shetland Ween. 



Troglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus Rartert, V6g. 

 pal. Fauna, i. 1910, p. 777 : Shetland Islands. 



Zetlandicus =ot the Shetland Islands. 



Distribution. — Resident in, and confined to, tiie Shetland 

 Islands. 



Family MUSCIOAPID^. 



Genus MUSCICAPA Linnwus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 



p. 324. 



Type : M. grisola Linn. 



Muscicdpa, from musca = a fly, and capere = to catch. 



Muscicapa grisola. Spotted Flycatcher. 



Muscioapa grisola Linruvus, Syst. Nat. i. 12th ed. 1766, 

 p. 328 : France. 



Muscicapa grisola Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. 1879, 

 p. 151; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 40; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 157. 



Grisola = a little grey bird, from griseus = grey. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Summer Visitor 

 widely distributed as a nesting-bird, but absent from the 

 northern and outer western Islands of Scotland. As a Bird of 

 Passage it occurs in both spring and autumn, and is then 

 observed at the Orkney and Shetland Islands. 



General Distribution. — The Spotted Flycatcher breeds 

 throughout Europe, from Tromso and Archangel to the 

 Mediterranean, and in the Atlas Mountains, north-west 

 Africa. It winters in central and southern Africa. lu 

 western Asia the form M. g. neumanni has been recognised. 



