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 THE DAYAL BIRD. 



COPSYCHUS SAULARIS (lINN.) 



Description. — Length nine and one 

 half inches. Bill black. Tarsus 

 plumbeous. Iris brown. 



Male. — Plumage black, irridescent ; 

 wing coverts, abdomen, sides, and four 

 lateral retrices on each side, white. 

 Flanks and under tail coverts dark 

 gray. 



Inthe female, grayish brown replaces 

 the black of the upper parts and gray 

 below. 



Distribution. — India and south 

 China. Summer visitant in the Yangtse 

 Valley. Has been taken in summer 

 on Mokanshan. 



Nest and Eggs. — It builds a rough 

 nest in holes in trees or old walls, 

 laying five greenish white eggs, marked 

 with reddish brown. 



Notes. — This bird may be seen in 

 numbers in any village of south China, 

 flying about the trees and undergrowth, 

 even venturing into houses. Although 

 singing a gentle song, it is a born fighter. 

 Its food consists principally of insects. 



THE DAUEIAN REDSTART. 



PHOENICURUS AUROREUS (pALL). 

 (Ruticilla aurorea, Pall.) 



Description. — Length six inches, 

 Bill black. Tarsus black. Iris deep 

 brown. 



Male. — Crown and nape gray, rest 

 of the head, back, and wings black. A 

 large white spot in the center of the 

 secondaries. Rump, tail, and under 

 parts, bright rufous, but the tail has 

 the two median retrices brown. 

 Females have the upper parts olive 

 brown, and the under parts lighter, 



