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THE PIED FLYCATCHER. 



{Muscicapa airicapilla.) 



I ^ROM its conspicuous black and white 

 ■'- plumage, the Pied Flycatcher is a much 

 more attractive species than the commoner bird. 

 Strange to say, although of similar habits, and 

 living on similar food, it is by no means so 

 common as a species, nor so generally dispersed. 

 Its presence in Scotland is always looked upon 

 as an uncommon occurrence, and in Ireland, 

 until recently, it was quite unknown. 



During the month of April, 1875, Mr. Robert 

 Warren, jun., of Moyview, Ballina, co. Mayo, 



