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EKYTHROSTjEBXA p a s t a
E R Y T H R O S T E R N A PARVA.
Red-breasted Flycatcher.
Mmcicapaparva, Beohsr. Naturg. DeutschL, tom. I p 44S
S<mcoh n im M i ja , Sykes, Proc. of Comm, of Soi. and Corr of 7„„l c,
Erythrortermp.rva, Bonap. Gcog. and Comp. List of Birds o fE u r and t " W „ “
Muscicapa leuatra, Grael, ?
It would be very interesting could we ascertain whether the virin,,« l „ l
of late been detected in England, have crossed from the Continent, o rif h e™ ' t t ' ^ U" "
r r « i t s :
If immature and consequently feeble-winged csatnpfe of “hVlitrtc’ T' " “ * *
Plate do successfully cross the oresn *»,„ _• . ^ figured in the accompany»»«;
no means remarkable for mature birds with “ t a T “ * .neCeSS“ril-V .excite ’ “W <“ '• ¡« would be by
their course during their spring
^ the
conrse be disinclined to cross while sufficient insecllife r e lP,-e r t f *h® .W,de 0eean’ which tj!e) 'vould of
arises that many rare birds are found in those counties during th e ZnZ S K I S T ‘
Of the Muscicapa parta three specimens iv k u
and two on the Scilly Islands In thn pact t 6 , H oal>ture Britain, namely, one near Falmouth,
know that its range extends thence to u : “ T , ‘ " I’a“ S uf El,rol,e '* is reT numerous ; and we
species of this form infwhifW the ..
different from the one cribed hv ( .d ” , \ “" d " * * " e%i'l>onrtm«l of C’«le»«a „
* r *U , cni>c(l by CM -riS ».habiting the Deccan : marvellomdv 0 -■ _
extent o f the red coiourme- o f Hu» t-i—. «• ® w®wt. hs>we*'er.-—the
, . $ ■ ” ,roal —»* the difference between them the hi«s A
^ n e ^ h a v t n g less of this colour than the one from the Ghats, which Mr. Blyrtt write. « ”
The first notice o f the occurrence o f the bird in this country was •
Hear‘e E ° dd’ ‘H . o f Penzance, and which, a t that gentleman’s instance w!” n l 7 l , P " I " '' " , ’
togist for 1863, p. 8444 i it is as follows On the very day I visited Pal rk r ?
European birds was shot for the first time in Great Britain • and bavin,, t,. o n , * T „ m m :
you would like to know something about it. The bird in question is the Mmc'c ™*T '
% “ned in the second volume, pi. 62, o f my • Birds o f E u r o ^ n U t , P°™ ’ ' " # fi"d
Museum. The plate will a t ouce give you a„ idea o f this p r^ to sTc.“ ^ ^ ^ 7 Fta— '
proper home o f the species is Western ludiaaud the eastern p a ^ o f Europe,'
thts s,„gofer lord to have been added to our fauna. The specimen, whicl, (thanks Z Z r Z Z 4 , 7 !
was m good condition was sent in the flesh to Dr. Gray, o f the British Museum ■ and f e tb i. '
to my hands, so that there is no mistake about it. It was shot uu the 24th of .to v ,.-v .
fend, of Carwythcuack House, in the parish o f Constantine, near Falmouth, and i, , f a . ... , U
I b £ T T plaCed in sorae P1» « . and the head had been eaten W t Z ,.
the body alone was sent to the Museum. I f you write to Mr. Copeland ask him to t ! . i
which will have a red breast." Mr. Rodd adds
“ I wrote a t once to Mr. Copeland, whose attention to Natural History and wt,™ earn, j
observing the ornithological rarities in our county I felt certain would ensure an accnr
the capture o f this little wanderer; and in renlv I receiv«! k;m *1, e u
the habits o f the bird
“ ' Th“ ,little % o atc h e r alluded to we had seen some days before it was sh o t HV fi
on a dead holly-tree which, with the grouad around the house, was its favourite resort, t, . *
active, skimming the grass to within about « foot, then, perchin«- itself darted
resting either on a shrub o r the wire - . , fenciw” ir• 1I1t9s ihimahuihiss were i^nte restJin g, partakintt in a a
ot tbose of our summer visitor. There is auother in the nemhbo I f
be kept. I saw it a few days ago in a plantation four hundred yards from mv^ousc ' ShoM
tnnate as to capture it, yon shall have due notice. I believe that with attention many other
visitors may be found.' ”
1863, is mentioned in Mr. Rodd’s • List of British Is..,.