Xo. 1721. FLYCATCHERS FROM JAPAN AND KOREA— .JOUY. 653 



coverts dusky brown, very slightly edged with rufous; wing dusky 

 brown, primaries slightly, the secondaries broadly edged with orange 

 rufous; tail dusky brown, tail-coverts similar but rather deeper in 

 color than the tail; axillaries white, the margin of the inner webs 

 dusky, under wing-coverts white; head, crest, and ear-coverts glossy 

 violet black; throat, chest, sides of the breast and neck dusky ash, 

 the throat and hind neck darker and with a tinge of violet black; 

 flanks dull rufous; middle of the breast, belly, and under tail-coverts 

 white. Colors of the soft parts duller than in the male, and the fleshy 

 ring around the eye smaller. 



A young male, probably in the second year, without the elongated 

 central tail feathers is scarcely distinguishable on the under parts 

 from T. oicstoni, but is much more deeply colored on the back and wings, 

 being in fact darker on the upper parts than adult males of T. owstoni. 

 The female of T. atrocaudata is a much clearer, brighter chestnut on 

 the back, and the hind neck is much more broadly marked with dusky 

 ash. The ash of the under parts is much more restricted, not extend- 

 ing to the middle of the breast as in T. owstoni. 



This species, T. atrocaudata , is apparently restricted in its range in 

 Japan to the southern islands. Specimens are under observation 

 from Saga, in Kiushiu, and from the island of Tsushima. I have 

 only met with this bird in Korea, in the southeastern part of the 

 country, none being observed near Seoul, where other species of 

 flycatchers were abundant. 



In Fusan they make their appearance about the 1st of May, the 

 males a few days in advance of the females, and remain about a 

 fortnight. 



These birds are rather slow and graceful in their movements and 

 have a curious habit, especially the females, of opening and closing 

 the tail-feathers like a fan. 



List of specimens and measurements of Terpsiphone atrocaudata. 



114278 

 114279 

 114282 

 114640 



114641 

 114280 



114281 

 114642 



Sex and 



1416 

 1417 

 1435 

 1531 



1534 

 1418 



1438 

 1533 



Locality. 



Male ad . . . Fusan , S . Korea . 



..do ' do 



..do do 



..do ] Sasuna, Tsushima Is- 

 land, Japan. 

 ..do do 



Kristiania 

 ( Petersen, 

 No. 59). 



Male, sec- 

 ond year. 

 Female ad 

 ..do 



Fusan, S. Korea, 

 .do. 



Male ad.. 



Sasuna, Tsushima Is- 

 land, Japan. 

 Saga, Kiushiu, Japan. 



May 3,1884 



..do.... 



May 11,1884 



June 6,1885 



June 7, 1885 



May 3, 1884 



May 11,1884 



June 7, 1885 



Apr. 30,1886 



mm. 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 



15 

 15 



15.5 

 15.5 



15 



