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Distribution. — China, Japan, and 

 south eastern Asia. Migrant in the 

 Yangtse Valley, breeding in the Hima- 

 layas, north China, and Siberia. 



GRAY-SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. 



HEMICHELIDON GEISEISTICTA, SWINH. 

 (Muscicapa grisola, L.) 



Description. — Length five inches. 

 Bill black, yellow at base of lower 

 mandible. Tarsus black. Iris brown. 



Brown above, feathers of the top of 

 the head with dark centers, and those 

 of the wings edged fulvous. Lores 

 and cheeks whitish, with an irregular 

 dark moustachial streak, and a buff 

 ring around the eye. Lower plumage 

 white, spotted and streaked brown. 



This bird very closely resembles the 

 Brown Flycatcher (^.Iseonaxlatirostris), 

 but may be distinguished by the spots 

 on the feathers of the lower parts. 



Distribution. — All China and Mal- 

 aysia. Passes the Yangtse Valley in 

 migration, when it is found in the woods 

 on the hills, but is not very common. 



ROBIN FLYCATCHER. 



POLIOMYIAS LUTEOLA, PALL. 



Description. — Length five inches. 



Male. — Upper parts grayish black, 

 with grayish white shafts to the 

 feathers of the back. Wing quills 

 brownish margined lighter. Median 

 and greater wing coverts white. 

 A small white spot behind the 

 eye. Upper tail coverts black. Tail 

 quills black with white bases, except 

 the two central ones. Under parts 

 deep orange except the abdomen, 

 which is white. 



