. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. MUSCICAPA GEISOLA. Upper plumage ash-brown; feathers of the head marked with a central dark line ; under parts Avhite, the sides marked with longitudinal brown streaks ; flanks tinged Avith red. " Length six inches ; breadth ten inches. Eggs bluisli white, mottled with reddish spots, which are deepest in colour towards the larger end. There are few birds with whose haunts and habits we are more familiar than those of the common Flycatcher. In the wooded parts of England there is scarcely a country house, perhaps, which has no
. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. MUSCICAPA GEISOLA. Upper plumage ash-brown; feathers of the head marked with a central dark line ; under parts Avhite, the sides marked with longitudinal brown streaks ; flanks tinged Avith red. " Length six inches ; breadth ten inches. Eggs bluisli white, mottled with reddish spots, which are deepest in colour towards the larger end. There are few birds with whose haunts and habits we are more familiar than those of the common Flycatcher. In the wooded parts of England there is scarcely a country house, perhaps, which has not in its neighbourhood at least a single pair of these birds, who, though their stay with us is but short, become as necessary appendages of the garden during the summer months as the Eedbreast is in winter. They have neither song to recommend them nor brilliancy of colouring; yet the absence of these quali- ties is more than compensated by the confidence they repose in the innocent intentions of the human beings â whose protection they claim, by their strong local attach- ments, and by their unceasing activity in the pursuit ol F 2. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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