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common during tlie breeding-season on the mountains. Dr. Hen- 

 derson procured it at Hakodadi in October 1857 (Cassin, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1858, p. 194) ; and there is an example in the 

 Swinhoe collection collected by Mr. Whitely in the same locality on 

 the 24th of September, and another collected by Captain Blakiston 

 in May (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 159). There are nine examples in 

 the Pryer collection from Fuji-yama and Yokohama. The example 

 figured in the ' Fauna Japonica ' as Muscicapa cinereo-alba was 

 probably obtained at Nagasaki. 



The Brown Flycatcher breeds in the valley of the Yeaesay and the 

 valley of the Amoor, and probably in the Himalayas and the moun- 

 tains of China. In winter it is found in India, Ceylon, Sumatra, 

 Java, Borneo, and Malacca. 



28. TERPSIPHONE PRINCEPS. 

 (JAPANESE PARADISE FLYCATCHER.) 



Muscipeta princeps, Temminck, Planches Coloriees, no. 584 (1836). 



The adult male Paradise Flycatcher may be recognized by its long 

 central tail-feathers (10 to 11 inches). The female looks like a 

 Red-tailed Shrike with the head of a Flycatcher. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 17 e 

 (male and female). 



The Japanese Paradise Flycatcher is a common summer visitor to 

 the southern islands of Japan, but is not known to migrate as far 

 north as Y^ezzo. I have five examples procured on Fuji-yama by Mr. 

 Heywood Jones, and there are five examples in the Pryer collection 

 from the same locality and one from the central group of the Loo-Choo 

 Islands. Messrs. Blakiston and Pryer record its occurrence near 

 Nagasaki, where the examples figured in the ' Fauna Japonica ■* as 

 Muscipeta principalis were probably obtained. 



It passes along the coasts of South China on migration to winter 

 in the Malay peninsula. 



It is very abundant around Fuji-yama in summer, and builds in 

 the deep fork of a small tree, sometimes supported by the swaying 

 branches of a Wisteria, eight or ten feet from the ground, and gene- 

 rally near running water. The nest is made of dry grass, strips of 

 bark, and fresh moss, lined with fine moss roots, and sometimes 

 garnished with lichen or spiders^ webs (Jouy, Proc. United States 



