THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
Its -nest is frequently found in curious situations ; a 
pair at Laverstoke built theirs inside a lantern that stood 
on a shelf inside a greenhouse. 
Gilbert White, writing his tenth letter to Pennant in 
August, 1767, remarks that "The Stoparola of Ray (for 
which we have as yet no name in these parts) is called, in 
your Zoology, the ' flycatcher.' " 
He then describes the now familiar fly-catching habits 
of the bird, which, in spite of its dull colouring, so clearly 
distinguish it from the other birds of the garden, and notes 
in his " Journal " on July 4th, 1776, that it " is a very harm- 
less and honest bird, meddling with nothing but insects." 
Kingsley writes of " those little, dumb darlings, the 
spotted flycatchers, who seem to have absolutely nothing 
to say, and accordingly have the wit to hold their tongues." ^ 
61. Muscicapa atricapilla. Pied Flycatcher. 
A rare summer visitor. 
Specimens have been obtained in the New Forest 
district on May 8th, 1879, and June, 1879 (Hart); at 
Southsea in April, 1886 f Pearce) ; and at Winchester in 
1899 (College Museum) ; it has also been noted at Overton 
(Munn). 
In the Isle of Wight, Bury says it has been met with 
by Mr. Butler, of Yarmouth, and More says that several 
were observed at Freshwater in 1859. 
Hadfield writes in the " Zoologist " for 1883, that a pair 
were seen at Freshwater on May 12th, 1882, and he knew 
of two being shot, one at Sea View and another near Ryde ; 
» "Charm of Birds," 
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