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Distribution. — China and Malaysia. 

 A rather uncommon, but striking sum- 

 mer visitant in the Yangtse Valley. 



Nest and Eggs. — The nest is a 

 compact cup, placed in the fork of a 

 branch, about fifteen feet high. It is 

 made of leaves, grass, roots, moss, and 

 hair, bound together and decorated 

 with cobwebs, lichens, and spider web 

 cases. There are four yellowish eggs, 

 splotched deep brown and purple. 



JAPANESE PAEADISE 

 FLYCATCHER. 



TERPSIPHONE PRINCEPS, TEMM. 



Description. — Very similar to Ince's 

 Paradise Flycatcher in the rufous 

 phase, except that the whole upper 

 plumage iu the male and the top of the 

 head in the female, has a purplish 

 gloss, and the under parts in both 

 sexes are creamy white. 



Distribution. — Breeds in Japan, and 

 winters in Malaysia, passing the China 

 coast in migration. 



The only other Flycatcher recorded 

 from the Yangtse Valley is a stray 

 from extreme south western China, 

 ( Cryptolopha valentini. Hart, or C. 

 tephrocephala, And.) and is not likely 

 to be met with. 



Family, Turdidae, The Thrushes. 



Thrushes are medium sized or small 

 birds, with a relatively long and a 

 distinctly notched bill, more or less 

 thickly set with rictal bristles. The 

 tarsus is strong, long or medium, and 

 booted, i. e. covered with long plates 

 and not with small scales. 



