PL Agi i” xxi 
Pirp FLycATCHER. Penn. Brit. Zool, 1. N° 135. Lond. 1776. 
Arf. Zool. 
Lath. Gen, Syn. J17. 334.2. 
Le Traquet d’Angleterre.  Brif. Orn. iil. p. 436. 27. 
Rebetra Angtlicana. Buy. Os. pi 222. 
Meerfchwartz pufle. Kram. Aufi. 377- 
The Coldfinch, or according to Latham and Pennant, the Pied F ly~ 
catcher, is found in York/hire, Lancafbire, and Derby/fbire ; in thofe 
parts of the kingdom it is not very frequent, in every other it is ex~ 
tremel y rare. 
It is unneceffary for us to defcribe the many varieties that are known 
of this fpecies ; in England the colours of its plumage varies confi- 
derably at different feafons of the year; but fuch as are natives of fo- 
reign countries, are again fo diffimilar to ours, that different authors 
have alternately defcribed them as varieties, or new {pecies. 
The bird that Latham defcribes, was white on the outer web of 
the exterior tail feather ; the two exterior tail feathers of Willoughby’s 
bird was marked with white; and on the contrary, we have a {peci- 
men which does not exhibit the leaft trace of white on either. ‘The 
upper tail coverts are black and white mixed, in fome fpecimens; in 
others they are wholly black; and Le Gobe-mouche noir of Briffon, 
which is only another variety, differs in having a mixture of grey on 
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