S PO TT ED FLYCATCHER.
Muscicapa gnsola;/Z<ywZ'./
Tsais: species, like iiu congener ti|tt PpM Jt-tyiiiStdve*, in «»»e wf the kh#p»)i iatoSttKtt m r vrolM» and
gardens during tfjig£ nw»t j&insna« waspo «fcf irhe year. Si: is one ofthe latest pif'jifw Hniitrag scaijnely if
!«ner arrivittg before fcbws miidrijkr Off May *- hot mwa ini.-;: ibis period it -v>t: i..nr?n*i jMrov;.;!-i lt: whole of
England and a W^fiicaS ft# S hm&h«1. •« I1 <;rt- .; • there • xssls » iooa'inv ;> u'stahlc td iti e a inonav : ¡ffeii ;•■■■iu. u.-m
here during the siimuu-, i t migrates In r&oru ».w.i'iwi and civngntaid ciioieit-s during • !»§
tictober.
In its universal distribution the Spotted Flycatcher diiUfcrs very corw&lefahisIron». the Pied Flycaichcr, ¡urhifch
is very local, in its h abitat; it is alt o less confined to large woods and plantations, and appear to give a iwe-
(erence to gardens, shrubberies, and orchards, It does not evince the lOast fear or d midi tv, but irequCiitly
cs^astructs its nest and rears ite yoang pver the door of the cottager, ,or upon the branches o f IruiMrees nailed
a^inst the walls, sometimes in the decayed boles o f trees, and frequently upon she. ends' of the Beams-or
¡rafters injthe gardener’s tool-house-iatid other outbuildings. /
The nest is constructed of moss and small Swigs, lined with hair and feathers; the eggs are four or five-in
number, of a greyish white spotted with pale reddish, brown. When the young quit the nest, they follow
tihi-ir parents to some neighbouring wood, garden, or.-plantation, where they are very diligently attended aiid
The Spotted Flycatcher apjjenirs. of iilwr-ijie, iming v«dpy generally
dispersed from the border of the f-ifew»: ui u*>*t «mMi#»'* liw*!mSw<ry 9 awi v hw ilsii ire'quei^y
observed it among <^Heetions iStoib Kiidio.
f t ss a most active little bird, and is incessantly estgaged in capturing the smaller wiftged insects wiimh
pass, within the range o f its chosen iesrritoiw« penrh is generally a decoyed-branch, front wlpdv ii
aattiem forth and “ returns | | f § | iiadh, of these nfiri«.! au^-ks.
The sexes are precisely ¡dike in the colour and utarkhgs of their plumage.
' after -they first begin. to Ay. .have the leathers with- a *p»{. (if yellowish white, them a mottled
ftt^ aran « e ,
’ ■Y'Ue whole Of'the upper surface is brown, i:h.o¡.erokn of die head Jjejng spiM'dM'v.yifch a darlccr browa 9
fchwwd: and belly white 9 sides of the neck, breast, mid dunks streaked with Brown 5 tali and .tegs, dark brown,
r We ba^e figured aii adult male of the natural .ike.