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greenish white eggs, thickly spotted 

 brown. 



Notes. — These pretty little birds are 

 seen along the mountain streams, 

 where they live usually in pairs. 

 From the vantage ground of a pro- 

 jecting rock, they will dash out over 

 the stream after a passing insect, 

 returning immediately to their start- 

 ing point. 



THE RUBY THROAT 



CALLIOPE CALLIOPE (pALL). 



Description. — Length seven inches. 

 Bill light brown, white at gape. Tarsus 

 pale plumbeous. Iris brown. 



A prominent white eyestripe and 

 moustache. Lores and space under the 

 eye black. Upper parts olive brown. 

 Throat brilliant ruby red, each feather 

 margined white at the tip, and the 

 whole patch bordered by black. Breast 

 gray, Abdomen and under tail coverts 

 white. Wings and tails brown, the 

 latter edged on the outer webs with 

 olive brown. 



The female has the throat white, 

 and the eyestripe buff. 



Distribution. — India, and south 

 China during the winter, nesting in 

 Siberia and northern Asia. Passes the 

 Yangtse Valley in migration. 



THE BLUE WOODCHAT. 



larvivora cyanea, pall. 



Description. — Length five and one 

 half inches. Bill, upper mandible dark 

 brown in the male, pale brown in the 

 female, lower mandible pale. Tarsus 

 flesh color. Iris brown. 



