EED-BEEASTED FLYCATCHEE. 



MUSCICAPA PARVA, Bechst. 



Muscicapa parva^ Bechstein, Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 505 

 (1795) ; Naum. ii. p. 241 ; Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 224 j 

 Dresser, iii. p. 465. 



Gobe-mouche rougedtre, French; Kleiner Fliegenfdnger, 

 German. 



Several examples of this very pretty little bird have 

 occurred in England, but as T have no personal acquaint- 

 ance whatever with it in a state of nature, I must refer 

 my readers, for details as to its habits and occurrences 

 in this country, to the standard works on British orni- 

 thology. It is an Eastern species, and only occurs 

 irregularly in Western Europe. The only specimen of 

 this bird that I ever saw in the flesh I procured in the 

 market at Nice in the autumn of 1858. 



