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ORD. III. GENUS IX. FLYCATCHER. 



Bill, fhort, almoft triangular, and notched near the end. 

 Nostrils, covered with briftles. 

 Tongue, cloven at the end, and rough on the fides. 

 Toes, divided at the origin : legs, very fhort, and flender. 



SPECIES I. SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. 



PI. 03. 



Mufcicapa grifola. 

 Le Gobe-mouche. 



Lin. Syft. I. p. 328. 

 Brif. Orn. II. p. 335. 



The bill of this fpecies is dark lead colour : infide of the mouth yellow : eyes 

 dark brown j top of the head grey brown, fpotted with black ; neck, back, and 

 fhoulders, grey brown : wing coverts, and tail, dufky black, with lighter edges : 

 quill feathers dull black : breaft pale grey brown, faintly fpotted : throat and 

 belly dull white : legs and feet very fhort, flender, and black. 



The male is in general to be diftinguifhed from the female by a white ring 

 nearly round the neck. 



This bird vifits us in fpring, and departs in September. It feeds on infe&s 

 only, and builds its neft commonly in a hole of an old wall, or decayed limb of 

 a tree, and lays four eggs. It is very common in gardens and orchards ; and 

 has no fong, but a low difagreeable fhrieking note, particularly when any per- 

 fon is near its neft or young. See PI. XXI. Fig. 4, for the egg. 



