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catcher uses exactly the right amount of effort, 
and no more, to secure its midge or moth. It 
does not invariably catch its prey ; when it makes, 
for instance, a bold and sporting attempt to " bag 
a strongly flying Peacock butterfly, the butterfly 
seems generally to win. But there is always an 
extremely workmanlike finish about its movements, 
and an entire absence of confusion and fuss. 
PIED FLYCATCHER. 
(^Muscicapa atricapilla.') 
Goldfinch. — This is an extremely local bird, 
being hardly ever seen in many of the counties 
of England which are favourites with most small 
insect-eating birds. It is chiefly found in Cumber- 
land, Westmorland, and various counties of Wales 
and the Welsh border, frequenting woods and 
copses in mountain valleys and hilly districts. The 
cock bird is mainly black above, with a white spot 
above the beak, a white patch on the wings, and a 
greyish one near the tail ; the under parts are 
white. The markings of the hen are of much the 
same pattern, but they are carried out in olive- 
brown and dull yellowish-white, instead of black 
and pure white. In size the birds are a little 
