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Abdomen and under tail coverts yellow. 

 Wings and tail yellowish black, the 

 tail having a terminal black band. 



Eeadily identified by its Finch-like 

 bill. 



Distribution. — Central and south 

 China, resident in the Yangtse Valley. 



Nest and Eggs. — The nest is very 

 delicately made of small twigs, roots, 

 and grass flower tops, often with some 

 silk fiber interwoven, and lined with 

 roots and hair. It is attached to the 

 tree with cobwebs, or fine twigs, or 

 both. 



The eggs are yellowish white, 

 heavily streaked with brownish red and 

 grayish violet. 



Notes. — This bird, while found in the 

 plains, seems to prefer the foothills. It 

 is quite abundant in summer around 

 the base of Mokanshan. 



Family, Husclcapidae, Old World Flycatchers. 



Flycatchers constitute a very large 

 group of small. Old World birds, which 

 must not be confused with the 

 American Flycatchers (Tyrannidae), 

 from which they are entirely distinct. 



Typically, the Old World Fly- 

 catchers have a broad flat bill, in 

 some extremely broad, in others less 

 so. All, however, have both edges of 

 the mandibles smooth, the upper one 

 with a simple terminal notch. There 

 are numerous hairs over the nostrils. 

 The tarsi and feet are too weak for 

 walking on the ground. This quite 

 distinguishes them from the Thrushes, 

 which they resemble in the mottled 

 plumage of the nestlings. 



Flycatchers are almost strictly 

 insectivorous, catching most of their 



