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PIED FLYCATCHER. 



been formed into a genus, called Tyrannus by 

 Vieillot, which not only takes in a number of 

 Latham's Muscicapae, but also many Lanii that 

 have been already described in this work. 



PIED FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa atricapilla.) 



Mu. nigra, subtus Jrontisque macula alarumque albis, rectricibus 



lateralibus exlus albis. 

 Black Flycatcher, with the under parts, forehead, and spot on 



the wings, white; the lateral tail-feathers also white. 

 Muscicapa atricapilla. Lin» Syst, Nat. l. 326. 9. — Gmel. Syst, 



NaU 1. g35.—Lath, Ind. Orn, 2. 46;. 2. 

 llubetra anglicana. Briss. Orn. 3. 436. 27* 

 Traquet d'Angleterre. Buff, Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 222. 

 Cold Finch. Edxv. Gl. 1 . 30. 



Pied Flycatcher. Pen. Brit. Zool. 1. 135. — Pen. Arct. Zool. 

 2. 391.B. — Lewin. Brit. Birds. 3. 88. — Lath. Gen. Syn, 3. 

 324. 2. — Don. Brit. Birds. I. pi. 22. — BeuoicL Brit. Birds. 1. 

 195. — Mont. Brit, Birds. I. — Mont. Sup. 



About the size of a Linnet : the beak is black: 

 irides hazel : forehead white : crown of the head, 

 cheeks, taking in the eyes, and whole upper parts, 

 black: the lesser wing-coverts and the greater 

 coverts of the primaries are dusky : the six first 

 quills wholly dusky, the rest white at the base, 

 increasing till the three last feathers are wholly 

 white, except a spot of black near the point of 



