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Title: An illustrated manual of British birds
Identifier: cu31924000047815 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Gurney and Jackson
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. MusciCAPA PARVA, Bechstein. This small Flycatcher is one of those species which, like the Isabelline and Desert Wheatears, have their usual habitat to the east of our island, but in autumn and winter often migrate in a westerly direction. Its occurrence in England was first noticed near Fal- mouth, where two examples were seen for several days, and one—a female—was shot on January 24th 1863. In the October following, two were obtained in the Scilly Islands, and a third on November 5th 1865 ; on October sth 1883, a young male was killed by Mr. G. Bolam in his garden at Berwick-on-Tweed; at Scarborough one was obtained on October 23rd 1889; in Norfolk, one at Cley on September 13th 1890 and another on October 4th 1894, and a third at RoUesby Broad on December loth 1896. For Scotland the only record as yet is from the Monach lighthouse, off North Uist, on October 22nd 1893. Ireland furnishes one from the South Arklow light, off Wexford ; one from the Tearaght light, and one from Tory Island ; all three in October of various years. As a wanderer the Red-breasted Flycatcher has been taken in Holland, Denmark, and off the south of Sweden, while a good many examples have been obtained in autumn on Heligoland. It breeds o

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