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'that we arc led to that t e !;iig ¡hfc t.-id aad i ii *■]• the nrcvtK* i-t! ice
of its habits and manner», wltf pw>»«' * ■«¿kwi i«i <mi- f a w w f e d g e r ’literi*»»’ a
recent visit to Vieima wc 'had C'ppr<rt‘(i»{x&u» i>f observing it its «..BAms. state, both it» ifte 4jj^!iiti^mi .r..;: ■■><«&
plumage. It» actions and manners are strikingly pixjoliar, and ••suportr to partake of ¿in v.: .*■;■■, <■ >: : •.< ;
species o f more than one pwrw , tt r.: ••^»dnc >• cbe’Ralipt* ttot s^kH'. ti>. ib«’- hM w of its plumage ¡hï»p b H fe
of its actions, being *p*rigb% nad atmmiMl,. coiwitoury jerking m psk w d ifcRftotyftbig >1« bead si* . b: «vanner
¿ a r Bedbreast. \t> obse rv etlto d o ; it also imitates the •ù'tioit hi ifo: WHiwimt in :.h;: depressed o^UÜ»-' •:
movement of the tail’: thiv-Tit appears toTorm an înièfinofiàte iîok between the -MiWttcmitfc-xé- tfto one fahttd,
'»Kid the Saxicolinæ on the other. In the comparative length -and robs.*'? .form of its kgs nhri intermediate
«tuition is also further eviuced ; "for though the tarsi have not the strength which we' see' in the true Saxicoifos,
8*31 they are more developed than in the genuine Flycatchers. It is a bird o f migratory habits, and in Europe
its habitat appears to be limited almost exclusively to the eastern portions of the continent. It Is tolerably
abundant in the neighbourhood of Vienna, and is. Known to breed annually in the woods of that district.
From the circumstance of our having seen it in collections from the East Indies, particularly from that portion
wijiieeot to Persia, it is doubtless widely diffused over the intermediate regions.
The sexto axe alike in their colouring, but the female is less brilliant than the male. The upper figure in
o#r Plate represents'an adult male, and the lower one that of the young bird of the year in its second plumage,
die first baring been spotted like that iff rite liobui. M. Temroinck, states that the. naonlt » «tnspk. bu» that
ehe colours of the plumage, ptirticuldriy «. .*? the under sisrfece, clniuga’ periodica!? v Like the M w fa tp k t# in
¡general, the Bed-breasted FEyratcber- i*’ quick and ¡t-ciivc.. i rising il» prey . s •> tit.:: wi;ng wit h ¡ re. .1 dexteri)
Sts food consists o f soft-winged insects, .to which io berries arc occasionally added.
Tim nest; according to M. Temmuiek, is plaov-i ujbong the inteawov en twigs of ttv.es or ia lin- rin;,.
branches, but o f the number or colouir of i t s eggs no information has yot reached us.
The male has the whole iff the upper surface brown ; the imx nsoidle tail-feather» «s'l^kiNi .mm of
th»:! ifuter ones blackish brown : the base of vhe latter being ivkX. . . :,!:roat and hr*»«.! :,i rnfcus,
i|fi$ uiider surface white tinged with rtifou* Inrow», -.¡*t rin* &*#&»{■ the beak, lea's, )|iflli'jiijp
Tibe young, have the breast, which is so richly tinted in tlte atUtll, white with ». =$#■* *;i«ge of yellow'.
’The figures are of the natural siac.