50 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 
the eaves on the gardener's cottage at Thornton held young 
birds and a rotten egg. 
On 21st September 1887 one Spotted Flycatcher is 
reported by Mr. Clyne on the lantern of Langness light- 
house at night, and he recorded two ‘ Flycatchers’ also on 
11th September 1884. 
On 18th August 1889 Mr. Graves met with a specimen 
at Glenfaba, near Peel. In 1893 Mr. Kennard reported to 
Mr. Kermode having found a nest with one egg on 31st 
May (where ?). 
While Mr. Graves and I were on the Calf (22nd-25th 
May 1901) we were somewhat surprised to meet with 
several; one or two in the ‘Glen, and one frequenting the 
bushes round our cottage. 
In 1902 Mr. Graves saw one on, 6th July at Rhenass, 
and on the 14th of the same month a few, probably a 
family party, in the grounds at Thornton, Douglas. 
Mr, Leach reports (1903) that it is now fairly numerous 
during the summer months around the Nunnery; it 
breeds there, and he has three eggs taken (16th June 
1897) from a nest built on the roadside about a mile 
from Douglas. It was on a ledge of rock in a small 
disused quarry. 
On 3lst May 1903 the Messrs. Graves and I saw 
one at Sulby, and Mr. J. J, Gill has reported to Mr. 
Kermode a nest with four eggs found on ivy growing on 
the ruin of the old starch mills at that place. In September 
1903 Mr. F. S. Graves observed another at Lhergydhoo, 
German. 
This is a common English bird, becoming rarer north- 
ward. It is, however, common in Cumberland and Lanca- 
shire, except on the west coast of the latter, and is far from 
uncommon in Anglesea. In Galloway it is described as 
plentiful. It has in a few instances been noticed in 
