. A history of British birds . condaries and tertials, black;the latter margined with white, but their edges not so broadas in the adult male : the tail-feathers precisely as in theold male ; chin and under tail-coverts white ; breast, bellyand flanks, dull white tinged with pale brown. The genus Muscicapa has been split into several divisions,and, by some authors, the Spotted Flycatcher is made thetype of a genus Butalls and the Eed-breasted Flycatcherthat of ErytJtrosterna. It does not seem expedient hereto follow the example. Muscicapa collar is, a species muchresembling the present, has be
. A history of British birds . condaries and tertials, black;the latter margined with white, but their edges not so broadas in the adult male : the tail-feathers precisely as in theold male ; chin and under tail-coverts white ; breast, bellyand flanks, dull white tinged with pale brown. The genus Muscicapa has been split into several divisions,and, by some authors, the Spotted Flycatcher is made thetype of a genus Butalls and the Eed-breasted Flycatcherthat of ErytJtrosterna. It does not seem expedient hereto follow the example. Muscicapa collar is, a species muchresembling the present, has been said to have occurred inthis country but proof of the fact is wanting.* * Mr. Edwin Brown has recorded (Mosleys Nat. Hist, of Tutbury, p. 385,pi. (5) the occurrence in Derbyshire of two examples of Vircusylriu oliracca, a birdwhich though often called a Flycatcher boloiigs to the very distinct and purelyAmerican family Vireonida—a. group having perhaps same affinity to theOrioUila. GOLDEN OinOLE. PASSE RES. 233 Oriolus galbula, Linnfeus*. THE GOLDEN ORIOLE. Oriolus galbula. Oriolus, Linnceusf.—Bill long, conical, and at the base moderately broad,decui-ving to the point which is notched ; nostrils basal, lateral, naked, piercedhorizontally in an extended membrane. Wings long, with the first quill short ;the third or fourth the longest in the wing. Tail moderate, slightly covered in front with broad scales, shorter than or only as long as themiddle toes, which are joined at the base to the outer toes. Like the species last described, though much more rare,the Golden Oriole is also a summer-visitor to Britain, a few * Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. IfiO. t Lr. 234 stragglers being observed almost every year, but alwaysbetween spring and autumn. This bird makes its annualvisit to the European continent from the countries south ofthe Mediterranean in the month of April, and returns inSeptember. It is at the end of April or the beginning ofMay th
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