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10. Xanthopygia NAKcissiNA (Temiii.). Narcissus l^'ly- 

 catcher. 



Xanthopygia narcissina Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 61. 



Jap. : Ivibitaki. 



(Eog, PI. IV. fig. 5.) 



On tlie wliole^ the Narcissus Flycatcher is a common bird 

 in Japan, and 1 observed it in some numbers at Kioto, Nara, 

 Nikko, and many other places. It prefers the dark, big- 

 timbered parts of the forest that are studiously avoided by 

 the majority of other species. In the silence of these 

 surroundings tlie persistent reiteration of its melancholy 

 song has a dreamy effect upon the listener and soon becomes 

 intolerably ^vearisome. 



AVlien in the Subashiri district towards the end of May, 

 I took two clutches of eggs. The nests, both placed in the 

 cleft or hollow of a half-rotten tree, were somewhat loosely 

 constructed of moss, leaves, and rootlets, the last being used 

 as a lining. Tlie first set of eggs were pale greenish blue in 

 ground-colour, spotted round the larger end with light 

 brown : in the second clutch the eggs were rather greener 

 and the markings very faint, being evenly and closely distri- 

 buied ever the whole ;>hell. Average size 0"69x0'56 in. 



11. Alseoxax LATHiosTRis (Rafflcs). Brown Flycatcher. 

 Muscicapu latirustris Secbohni, \\. Jaj). Em[). j). 62. 

 Jap.: Kosanielyitaki. 



This bird is common in the m oods below Chuzenji, as it 

 is also near Subashiri. Its nest is a very neat, lichen- 

 covered cup and is usually placed on the horizontal branch of 

 an evergreen tree close against the bole. The male possesses 

 a ])leasing, though somewhat insignificant song. I took 

 several clutches about the third and fourth weeks of May. 

 The eggs are pale greyish green, very faintl}' clouded or 

 washed, usually round the obtuse end, with light red. 

 Average measurements 0*66 x 05 in. 



12. Terpsiphone piuxceps (Temm.). Japanese Paradise- 

 Flycatcher. 



Terpsiphone princeps Seebohm, B. Jap. Enip. p. 63. 

 ■Jap. : Sank(i-ch(i. 



