THE BROWN FLYCATCHER. 

 Muscicapa latirostris, Raffles. 

 Plate 14. 



The Brown Flycatcher has only once been taken in England, an example 

 having been shot near Lydd in Kent, May 21, 1909. This is also the first 

 occurrence of the bird in Europe. 



According to the late E. W. Gates {Fauna of British India, vol. ii. p. 35): " It 

 occurs in Ceylon and the Andamans. On the Himalayas it is a summer visitor 

 as far west as Chamba, and it is found in the other portions of the Empire chiefly 

 in winter, but some birds appear to be resident in certain parts all the year round, 

 for I have seen a specimen obtained in Ceylon in June. 



" This Flycatcher has a wide range, being found from Japan and Eastern Siberia 

 to the Philippines and Java." 



The sexes do not differ in plumage. 



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