. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. MUSCICAPID^. TS9. THE PIED FLYCATCHER. MusciCAPA atricapIlla, Linneeus. Although far less numerous than the preceding species, the Pied Flycatcher is a regular visitor to Great Britain, arriving in the latter part of April and returning southward in autumn. Large numbers have sometimes been observed during the first week in May on the Pentland Skerries, the Isle of May, and at Flamborough and Spurn in Yorkshire ; while a return migration has been noticed in August and September. During the breeding-season this is a very local species, and althou
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. MUSCICAPID^. TS9. THE PIED FLYCATCHER. MusciCAPA atricapIlla, Linneeus. Although far less numerous than the preceding species, the Pied Flycatcher is a regular visitor to Great Britain, arriving in the latter part of April and returning southward in autumn. Large numbers have sometimes been observed during the first week in May on the Pentland Skerries, the Isle of May, and at Flamborough and Spurn in Yorkshire ; while a return migration has been noticed in August and September. During the breeding-season this is a very local species, and although nests are said to have been found occasionally in some of the southern counties, its favourite haunts are rather in the west and north. In portions of Wales, such as Brecon, Carmarthen, Merioneth and Denbigh, as well as in the English counties on the Welsh border, it breeds annually; also in Lancashire, some parts of Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland; but its head-quarters are in Westmoreland and Cumberland, where it appears to be on the increase. In Scotland this species is much rarer, but it has bred as far north as Inverness-shire, and has often occurred in the Orkneys. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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