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 BEOWN FLYCATCHER. 



ALSEONAX LATIROSTRIS, (rAFFLEs). 



Description. — Length five inches. 

 Bill black, lower mandible yellowish 

 at the base. Tarsus dark brown. Iris 

 chocolate. 



A white circle around the eyes, and 

 continued as a line to the base of the 

 bill. Grayish brown above, passing 

 into black on the tail and wings. 

 Secondaries and greater coverts bordered 

 with tawny. Below white, breast and 

 flanks washed with grayish brown, but 

 without spots or streaks. 



Distribution. — Siberia to India, and 

 all over China and Japan. A common 

 migrant in the Yangtse Valley, passing 

 in April, May, and September. Breeds 

 in the Himalayas and North China. 



SIBERIAN FLYCATCHER. 



HEMICHELIDON SIBIRICA, GM. 



Description. — Length four and three 

 quarters inches. Bill, upper mandible 

 dark brown, lower yellowish. Tarsus 

 brownish black. Iris brown. 



Cheeks gray, mixed with whitish. 

 A ring of white feathers around the 

 eye, and an indigtinct white patch on 

 the lower throat. Dusky brown above, 

 feathers of the head with dark centers, 

 and those of the wings edged paler. 

 Smoky brown below, the breast, abdo- 

 men, and under tail coverts, washed 

 whitish. Tail plain brown. 



The young have the feathers much 

 mottled with white above, and below 

 are lighter than the adult and mottled 

 with brown. 



