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MUSCICAPID^. 
slightly compressed inwards, about the middle ; forehead low and de- 
pressed ; nostrils at the sides of the base oval, and partly concealed by 
a naked membrane ; shank considerably longer than the middle toe ; 
toes, three before and one behind, the outer being- joined at its base 
to the middle one ; hind claw strong, and sometimes of considerable 
length ; wings having the first quill very short, the second the longest 
in the wing ; the one of the greater coverts being as long as the quills ; 
tail very long, and generally square at the end.* 
MOTHER CARY’S CHICKENS.— A name for the Petrel. 
MOUNTAIN COCK. — A name for the Capercalzie. 
MOUNTAIN BUNTING and MOUNTAIN FINCH.— Names 
for the Snowfleck. 
MOUNTAIN LINNET. — A name for the Twite. 
MOUNTAIN MAGPIE. — A name for the Popinjay. 
MOUNTAIN OUZEL. — A name for the Ring Blackbird. 
MOUNTAIN SPARROW. — A name for the Tree Sparrow. 
MOUSE HAWK, or OWL. — A name for the Hawk Owl. 
MUGGY. — A name for the Whitethroat. 
MUMRUFFIN. — A name for the Bottle Tit. 
MURDERING BIRD. — A name for the Butcher Bird. 
MURRE. — A name for the Razor Bill and the Guillemot. 
MUSCICAPA (LiNNiEus.) — *Fly-catcher, a genus thus characte- 
rised. Bill of mean length, somewhat triangular, depressed at the base, 
strong and compressed towards the tip, which is bent downwards, and 
with both mandibles with a small notch ; base of the bill beset with 
strong bristles ; nostrils at the sides of the base oval, and partly con- 
cealed by feathers ; legs with the shank as long, or rather longer than 
the middle toe ; toes, three before and one behind, the side ones of 
equal length, the outer one joined at its base to the middle toe ; wings 
with the first quill very short, the second shorter than the third and 
fourth, which are the longest in each wing. 
Two species, the Beam-bird and the Pied Fly-catcher, are British.* 
MUSCICAPIDtE (Vigors.) — * Fly-catchers, a family of perching 
birds iyinsessoresy Vigors.*) 
