SENEGAL FLYCATCHER. 



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female lays four or five eggs, very similar to those 

 of the Redbreast, but rather less, and the rust- 

 coloured spots more distinct, and more generally 

 dispersed : when the young birds leave the nest, 

 they are led by the old ones to some neighbouring 

 Avood or grove where there are abundance of 

 insects : their note is only a simple weak chirp, 

 which is very seldom exerted, and never till after 

 their young have left the nest. They are not 

 very uncommon in many parts of this country, 

 especially Cornwall and Devonshire, and are found 

 in most parts of Europe and Siberia. 



SENEGAL FLYCATCHER. 

 (Muscicapa senegalensis.) 



Mu. varia, superciliis albis, rectricihus extimis dimidiato-albis. 



Varied Flycatcher, with white eye-brows, and the outer tail- 

 feathers half white. 



Muscicapa senegalensis. Lin, Syst, Nat, 1. 32/. 15. — GmeL 

 Syst, Nat. 1. 938. — Lath Ind. Orn. 2. 470. 8. 



Muscicapa senegalensis pectore rufo. Briss, Orn, 2, 374. 10. 

 pi 37./ 2, 



Gobe-mouche a bandeau blanc du Senegal. Buff, Hist, Nat, 



Ois, 4. 528.-— PL Enl. 567, f, 1. 

 Senegal Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Syn, 3. 328. 5. 



This is in length four inches and a quarter : its 

 beak is black : the top of its head brown : from 

 the head to the occiput is a white stripe : the hind 



