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an indistincfc white patch at the base 

 of the secondaries. Four central tail 

 feathers dark brown, others more or 

 less white. Lower plumage pale 

 yellowish brown. 



Female. — Similar to male but paler 

 above, wing spot well defined, and 

 tinged yellow. 



Distribution. — India and China as 

 far north as Shantung. A rare summer 

 visitant in the Yangtse Valley. 



Nest and Eggs. — The nest is built of 

 twigs, and is placed on the broad branch 

 of a tree. Its sides are perpendicular, 

 and there is usually no bottom, the limb 

 on which it is placed, serving the 

 purpose. The eggs are bluish gray, 

 thickly spotted with brownish red, 

 yellow or purple over gray under 

 markings. 



The Lesser Scarlet Minivet (Peri- 

 crocotus brevirostris) which is bluish 

 black above and scarlet below, with a 

 scarlet wing band, and rump, and a 

 white abdomen, may possibly occur as 

 a migrant, as it ranges from northern 

 India to Manchuria. 



BLACK- WINGED MINIVET. 



CAMPEPHAGA MELANOPTERA,RUPPEL. 



Description. — Length nine inches. 

 Bill and tarsus black, inside of the 

 mouth yellow. Iris brown. 



General color of plumage pale gray. 

 Wings and tail irridescent black, wing 

 quills edged lighter. Outer tail quills 

 broadly tipped white, others narrowly 

 so. Vent and tail coverts whitish. 



The young are mottled with yello- 

 wish white, and have some dark bars 

 across the breast. 



