234 Messrs. Blakiston and Pryer on 



allied species ; the species is also included in the list of the 

 * Fauna Japonica ' from a native drawing. 



196. Cyanoptila cyanomel^ena, T. '' Oruri." 

 Muscicapa melanoleuca, ^ ,Y.5. 

 Muscicapa yularis, $ , F. J. 



Breeds on Fujisan ; sings prettily, is kept as a cage-bird 

 as much for its song as for its beautiful plumage. Migratory. 

 Fujisan, Oyama, Shikoku, Yamato, Yezo. 



197. BuTALis LATiROSTRis (Raffles). '^ Shima-modzu.^' 

 Muscicapa cinereo-alha, F. J. 



Very common in Yamato. Migratory. 

 Fujisan, Yamato, Yezo. 



198. BuTALis siBiRicA (Gm.) . " Chigo-modzu." 

 Obtained at Fujisan, doubtfully attributed to this species ; 



and a single specimen at Hakodate may be the same. 

 Fujizan, Yezo? 



199. Xanthopygia narcissina, T. '^ Kibitaki.^' 

 Muscicapa narcissina, (J, F. J. 



Muscicapa hylocharis, $ , F. J. 



The male does not attain full plumage till after the first 

 season, the young resembling the female. This species does 

 not always migrate, as a specimen was obtained in December 

 1874 from the north of Tokio. It sings sweetly, and breeds 

 on Fujisan ; not uncommon in Yezo. (Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, 

 p. 318; Swinhoe, 1874, p. 159.) 



Fujisan, Tokio, Yamato, Yezo. 



200. Muscicapa mugimaki, T. & S. " Ko-tsubame.^' 

 Figured in the ' Fauna Japonica.^ 



201. TcHiTREA PRiNCEPs, T. '^ Saukocho.'^ 



This, the most beautiful of the Japanese birds, is very com- 

 mon on Fujisan ; when alive the beak is a pale greenish blue, 

 and the eyes are surrounded with a band of skin of a similar 

 colour. Builds a beautiful small round open nest of moss 

 and spiders' webs. Eggs five, long, spotted Avith red. The 

 male loses his long tail in the autumn ; and both sexes may 

 then be seen in company with flocks of Tits, catching the 



