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MYIOTHERIN^. MUSCICAPA. 
colder, migrate southward in autumn. Their flight is ll 
rapid, their voice harsh and shrill, although some emit 
modulated sounds. They form a well-arranged cup- ; 
shaped nest, and lay four or five spotted eggs. The young 
remain in the nest until fully fledged. 
GENUS XXVI. MUSCICAPA. FLYCATCHER. 
Bill of moderate length, straight, broader than high at 
the base, gradually compressed toward the end, with the 'I 
ridge rather sharp, the sides sloping, convex toward the end, i 
the notches very obscure, the tip narrow and a little decli- jj 
nate. Mandibles internally moderately concave ; mouth ' 
rather wide ; tongue flat, deeply emarginate, and finely 
papillate at the base, with the tip slit and lacerated ; oeso- | 
phagus rather wide at first, afterwards of nearly uniform I 
width ; stomach a broadly elliptical gizzard, with moderate ! 
muscles, and dense, broadly rugous, epithelium ; intestine ; 
short, rather wide, with two minute coeca. Nostrils ellipti- [i 
cal, pervious. Eyes small, eyelids feathered. Aperture of i 
ear elliptical, very large. Head of moderate size, broadly | 
ovate ; neck short ; body rather slender. Feet short and : 
feeble ; tarsus very short, slender, with the seven anterior ; 
scutella partly blended ; toes small, compressed, the lateral 
equal ; claws rather long, extremely compressed, arched, 
acute. Plumage soft and blended ; long stifip basirostral 
bristles ; wings rather long, broad, rather pointed, the first j 
quiU not half the length of the second, which is about the 
same length as the third. Tail moderate, straight, even, or ' 
a little emarginate. 
The Flycatchers live on insects, which they generally 5 
seize on wing. Their flight is light and quick, when pro- i 
tracted undulatory ; but they walk little, and by short hops, i 
Their nests are of moderate size, neatly constructed, and 
lined with hair or feathers. The female seldom dilFers much 
from the male in colour. 
44. Muscicapa grisola. Spotted Grey Flycatcher. 
Bill black, the base of the lower mandible flesh-coloured ; 
upper parts brownish-grey, the head spotted with dusky brown ; 
