180 RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. 



may be seen in flocks in the botanic gardens of Odessa, 

 from the last days of July, and remain till the end of 

 October, and that those birds in full plumage which 

 pass in the spring, only stop a very short time in these 

 gardens. 



Schinz writes that this Flycatcher was found in 

 Switzerland. The Marquis of Durazzo notices the cap- 

 ture of one in the neighbourhood of Genes, in 1835. 

 M. Crespon mentions another taken in the 'Jardin des 

 Plantes,' in Abignon; and M. Gerbe says it has been 

 found at Montpellier, by his friend M. Gervais. Tem- 

 minck remarks that this species "is an annual migratory 

 bird in Germany, but very difficult to procure. I 

 have not heard that this species has been seen else- 

 where — perhaps it only passes through France." It 

 occurs in India, as there are specimens from the Deccan 

 in the museums of Paris and the low countries. 



This little interesting bird has, according to Tem- 

 minck, all the habits of the Redbreast. Nordmann 

 remarks that the vivacity of its movements, as well as 

 the white of its tail, reminds one of the smallest 

 species of Stonechat. It constantly utters a feeble 

 chirp, lowers its tail slowly and repeatedly, and spreads 

 it out or raises it suddenly above its wings. Schlegel 

 remarks in his 'Revue,' — "This bird appears to be still 

 little known in France and England, Mr. Swainson 

 having introduced it into the Naturalists' Library, in 

 1838, as a species quite unknown, and one sufficiently 

 remarkable to serve as the type of a new genus." 



The Red-breasted Flycatcher, like the rest of its 

 family, lives upon flies and other insects. It builds its 

 nest in the united boughs of two neighbouring trees, 

 or in the fork of the branches. The moult is simple, 

 but the colours of the plumage, especially of the in- 



