Class II. PIED FLY-CATCHER. 473 



Mnscicapa atricapilla. M. ni- Le Traquet d'Angleterre. Ru- 2. Pied. 



gra, subtus frontisque macu- betra anglicana. Brisson, av. 



la alarumque speculo albis, iii. 436. Hist. dots. v. 222. 



rectricibus lateralibus extus Meerschwartz pluffle. Kramer 



albis. Lath. Ind. orn. 467. Aust. 377* 



id, Syn. iii. p. 323. Muscicapa Atricapilla. Gm. 



Atricapilla sive ficedula. Aldr. Lin. 935. 



av. ii. 331. Faun. Suec. No. 256. Tab. 1. 



Goldfinch, mi. orn. 236. 103. b.f. 1. 



Raii Syn. av. 77. Cold-finch. Br. Zool. 103. B. 



Edw. 30. Jig. 1. Arct. Zool. ii. 85. 

 Frisch, \.22. 



TION. 



J- HIS is less than a hedge sparrow. The bill Descrip- 

 and legs are black ; the forehead white; the head, 

 cheeks, and back black ; the coverts of the tail 

 spotted with white; the coverts of the wings 

 dusky, traversed with a white bar; the quil fea- 

 thers dusky; the exterior sides of the secondaries 

 white, the interior dusky ; the middle feathers of 

 the tail black; the exterior marked with white ; 

 the whole under side of the body white. 



The female wants the white spot on the fore- 

 head ; the whole head, and upper part of the 

 body are of dusky brown; the white in the 

 wings is less conspicuous ; the under side of the 

 body is of a dirty white. 



It is found occasionally in different parts of 

 'England. 



" In respect to England this is a rare species, 



