RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. 181 
ferior parts, change periodically from the same cause 
as in the preceding species. 
The adult male has the upper part of the head, 
neck, body, and upper tail feathers of a russet or red- 
dish ash-colour; throat, front of the neck and chest of 
a bright yellow red; abdomen and under tail feathers 
silvery white; the sides of the bird streaked with a 
reddish light ash-colour; sides of the neck and chest 
of a beautiful ash-colour; wing coverts like the back; 
primaries of a brownish ash-colour; the secondaries 
edged outside, and tipped with a greyish tint; the four 
middle tail feathers and the extremity of lateral feathers 
blackish; the last of a pure white in the rest of their 
extent; beak and feet brown. 
_ Adult female. According to M. Temminck, it should 
resemble the male, but Degland says it has the red of 
the neck and of the chest less bright, and the other 
colours lighter. 
Young birds. Upper parts ash-colour, inclining to 
russet; inferior parts of a whitish ash-colour, shaded 
with very light red on the neck and chest, and of a 
whiter tint on the middle of the abdomen; under tail 
feathers very white; cheeks, sides of the neck, and 
chest, especially the sides, tinged with a light red; tail 
nearly like that of the adult bird. ‘Temminck adds 
that there is a slight bluish tint above the ears, and 
that the hairs at the base of the beak are very long. 
The figure of this bird is in winter plumage. 
Figured by Gould, “B. of E.,” pl. 64. 
