THE RED-BREASTED 

 FLYCATCHER. 



{Siphia parra.) 



' I 'HIS pretty little Robin-like bird has occurred 

 ■*■ some half a dozen times in Great Britain. 

 It is a true Flycatcher, and has generally been 

 placed in the genus Muscicapa along with the 

 Common Flycatcher (M. grisola) ; but in the latter 

 bird the male and female are alike in colour, of 

 a sober grey and white, whereas in the Red- 

 breasted Flycatcher the colour of the sexes - is 

 different, and there are many other distinctions 

 between the two birds, in the shape of the wing, 

 the number of rictal bristles, etc., which cause them 

 to be recognised as belonging to different genera, 



