. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . and claws,black. The young are at first much mottled over with dull whitespots on the back, and with brown on the breast; when ayear old the bill is black, brown at the base, a dusky streakdescends from it along the sides of the neck; iris, brown;forehead, with, less white, and more dull; head, cro^^m, neck,and nape, grey tinged wdth brown; chin and throat, white oryellowish white; breast the same, tinged with grey or brownon the sides; back, as the head. Grreater wing coverts, greyishbrown, tipped with yellowish white; lesser wing cov
. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . and claws,black. The young are at first much mottled over with dull whitespots on the back, and with brown on the breast; when ayear old the bill is black, brown at the base, a dusky streakdescends from it along the sides of the neck; iris, brown;forehead, with, less white, and more dull; head, cro^^m, neck,and nape, grey tinged wdth brown; chin and throat, white oryellowish white; breast the same, tinged with grey or brownon the sides; back, as the head. Grreater wing coverts, greyishbrown, tipped with yellowish white; lesser wing coverts, greytinged with brown; primaries, brownish black; the fourth andnext ones have a white spot at the base of the outer web;the two nearest the body margined with white; secondaries,brownish black; tertiaries, brownish black, three of themslightly margined with white, and a white spot at the , brownish black, the three outer feathers edged withwhite; tail coverts, dark grey; under tail coverts, white; legs,toes, and claws, dark SPOTTED TLYCATCHEE,. SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. BEAM BIRD. IIAFTEE. COB-WEB BIRD. BEE BIRD. CHERRY CHOPPER. POST BIRD. CHERRY SUCKER. CHANCHIDER. T GWYBEDOG, OF THE ANCIEJ^T BRITISH. Muscicapa grisola, Montagu. Pennant. Muscicapa. Musca—A fly. Capio—To catch or — ? This bird is common throughout Europe, as far north asNorway and Sweden; as also in Africa, along the whole ofthe western coast, from the north to the south. It is wellknown in England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland; butleast so in the extreme north. It fi-equents walled and othergardens, orchards, la^vns, shrubberies, and pleasure grounds. The Spotted Flycatcher is with us a summer visitant, butunusually late in its arrival, which varies in different localitiesand seasons, from the 7th. to the 20th. of May; and itdeparts similarly about the end of September, or even aslate as the middle of October. This familiar bird is very noticeable for a solitariness
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