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White-coliareil £
Muscicapa collant, Bechst. Orn. Taschenb., tom. i. p. 16«
------------ albicollis, Temm. Man. d’Orn., 2nd edit., tom. ». t
------------streptophora, Vieill. Faun. Framj., p. 146, pi. 161.
— alrkapiUa, var. ft Gmel. edit. Syst. Nat, torn. L |
— (Hedymelà) collarìs, G. R. Gray, Hand-1, of Birds.
— albifrom et albicoUis, Brehm, Yog. Detrtschl, p. J
I can furnish no evidence o f this bird having been k ille d iu t a g .
Eu ro p e;’ but I recollect perfectly seeing a specimen in the flesh At
Brewer Street, which, as far as my memory serves, was destined fee t u . :>
of Norfolk, who was very particular that it should contain as. many IArit< .5;.•,
and that the specimen I saw at Mr. Leadbeater’s went to Mr. Lombe is aiino*t cenat%
note lately received from Mr. J . H. Gurney, ju n .:—“ In your ‘ Birds of Europe ’
saw the White-collared Flycatcher in a collection o f British birds, on which authority A- - , .
introduced it doubtfully. I have just detected an adult male in the late Mr. Lombe’» no
o f the few birds marked in the catalogue as having been received in a fresh state. ' Mr, .,v *.,s 6$
birds of Leadbeater; and at his death they were moved from Great Melton to WV-,-.,.|
daughter (Mrs. Clark) keeps them.”
The circumstance of a White-collared Flycatcher having been kitted m ■> m*' ■
inasmuch as it is as plentiful on the Contmeut a* the Flwarrj
migratory, spending the summer in the northern and UjHtMti A <?4^
wanner climates in winter. When the •• ■ ■ ■ .
and field-naturalists it is not improbahh th
Although the two birds are found on cotapums* 1
distinct to warrant their specific separation, those - . a s »
the foliage of tre e s ; and hence the rarer species may hot*' *■ ■■-
As already mentioned, the White-collared Flycatcher
Europe, it is also somewhat plentiful in various parts of i
country. Degland says he has found it at Lisle in May, awd i&
Lorraine. Temminck says that it is never found in HoUaoo. va
von der Miikle observed it .in Greece for a few days during if* ■. <
and in considerable numbers, whence he thinks it probable ib v
includes it in his list o f the birds o f Algeria. The beat arc»»««
recorded is comprised in the following somewhat free trawkfMf» of **
thologie de la S avoie: ’—
“ The White-collared Flycatcher is much less common in 8a n # tk-m
the time o f its two migrations, which take place front the 8th to ; v
August or the commencement of September. It is at the latter season ■->.=.• ■ w ■■ *rm*
if warm rains are prevalent; it then remains a little longer than uwmI « .
the abundance o f insects that occur under those circumstances, and -ov ■
Iu spring it arrives in pairs, rather than singly as at the end of samnrr.
part o f our territory, particularly in those districts rendered humid hi 4«
Maurienne, Tarentaise, and the environs of Albertville.
“ Both sexes unite in the construction of the nest towards the middle -,;f May It is formed with mi*«,
lichens, blades of grass, and straw and flexible roots, lined with hair, fine grass, feathers, and down. It is
negligently constructed, and is placed in a perforated tree, in a cavity abandoned by a' Woodpecker or l i t ,
for which these birds often dispute the ownership with the Nuthatch and Wryneck. The eggs, which
are four or five in number, rarely six, are sometimes nearly round, but ordinarily are pointed, and of a
uniform bluish tint, but are occasionally washed with green o r a light greenish brown. The young are fed
by both parents with small winged insects, for which they diligently search. They attend to their young