346 



Consp. i. p. 298 (1850); Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. 

 p. 305 (1854); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 299; Jerd. B. Ind. ii, 

 p. 139 (1863) ; Graij, Hand-l. B. i. p. 221. no. 31-50 (1869) ; 

 Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 358 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. 8. Beng. xliii. 

 pt. 2, p. 166 (1874) ; Blyth df Wald. B. Btirm. p. 101 (1875) ; Tacz. 



Ibis, 1878, p. 239. 

 Lusciola aiii'orea (Gmel."), Temm. et Schl. Faun. Japon., Aves, p. 56, 



pi. xxi. D (1847). 

 Lusciola (Ruticilla) phcenicurus (Linn.), var. aurorea (Pall.), 



Schrenck, Rt'is. u. Forsch. Ainitr-Lande, i. pt. 2, p. 3-59 (1800). 

 Sylvia (Ruticilla) aurorea (Gmel.), Radde, Reis. 6'ibi/: Vog. p. 253 



(1863). 



In the adalt male in full autumn pJumage the head and nape are 

 slate-grey, the tips of the feathers being brown, half concealing pale 

 blue centres, slightly paler behind the eye ; a narrow line at the 

 base of the upper mandible, the chin, throat, cheeks, ear-coverts, 

 lores, sides of the neck, back, scapulars, and wing-coverts are black, 

 the feathers occasionally fringed here and there with brown ; quills 

 dark brown, approachiug black on the innermost secondaries, the 

 latter tipped with brown ; the basal half of the secondaries is 

 white, forming a white patch on the wing ; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts bright chestnut ; tail bright chestnut, except the two centre 

 feathers and the terminal half of the outer web of the outside 

 feather on each side, which are dark brown, occasionally mixed with 

 bright chestnut ; breast, axillaries, under wing-coverts, beUy, flanks, 

 and under tail-coverts bright chestnut ; inner margin of quiUs pale 

 brown, except that of the basal half of secondaries, which is white. 

 Eill black ; legs, feet, and claws dark brown. Wings with the 

 fourth and fifth primaries neai'ly equal and longest, second primary 

 equal to the eighth or ninth, bastard primary 0-92 to 0'8 inch. 

 Length of wing 2-05 to 2-8 inches, tail 2'5 to 2-4, culmen 0-6 to 

 0-52, tarsus 0-92 to 0-87. 



In the adult female in full autumn plumage the general colour is 

 sooty brown, paler on the underparts, especially on the centre of the 

 belly, the rump, tail, and upper and under tail-coverts alone being 

 of the same colour as those of the male, but not quite so bright ; the 

 quills and wing-coverts are brown, and the white patch on the wing 

 is less extensive. /** the spring the black parts of the male become 

 deeper black by the disappearance of the few brown edgings to the 

 feathers observable after the autumn moult ; otherwise little change 

 t;ikes place. It is not known that birds of tlw year differ from 

 adults. Young in first plumage have pale centres and dark terminal 

 bands to most of the small feathers of both the upper and under 

 parts. 



The Daurian Redstart breeds in the forests of South-east Sibeiia, 

 East Mongolia, North China, and the mountains of Japan. It 

 winters in the plains of Japan, Formosa, Hainan, and South China, 

 a few wandering as far as Assam, the Malay peninsula, Java, and 

 Timor. 



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