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2. Distribution. Somewhat sporadically distributed over Central Europe : Gotland, rare 

 in France, the Low Countries, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, more general in Austro-Hunt'urv, 

 and Southern Russia. On migration it passes through Persia, Asia Minor, and Palestine, ns well 

 as Greece, to Egypt, Tripoli, and Tunisia, but its range farther south is as yet undetermined, 

 though probably it winters in tropical Africa. Two specimens have occurred in England, 

 both in Sussex, May 1911. [F. c. R. j.] 



REDBREASTED FLYCATCHER [Mt'i*,-;,;i t ,,i j,,',,-m Bochstein. French, gobe-mouche 

 rougedtre ; German, Zwerg-Fliegensch )<"'// / ; Italian, jii'/lia-iitoxclii' juttirosso]. 



1. Description. The male ma)- be recognised by its reddish chesnut throat and chest : the 

 female recalls the female spotted flycatcher, but differs in being much smaller and in lacking 

 striations on the under surface. Length 5 in. [127 mm.]. Adult male general colour of the 

 upper parts brownish ash ; forehead, sides of the face, and ear-coverts grey ; eye encircled by 

 white feathers ; primaries and secondaries like the back ; middle pair of tail feathers brownish 

 black, remaining pairs white excepting the terminal third, which is ash-brown ; chin, throat, 

 und upper breast reddish chesnut, fading off into reddish buff on the sides of the body ; middle 

 of the belly whitish. The adult female has the upper surface and tail similar to that of the 

 male, but the throat, chest, and sides of the body are white, washed with yellowish buff, and the 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts white, [w. p. p. and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. The breeding range of this species in Europe extends from the Baltic 

 Provinces and the Olonetz government in Russia southward to Central Russia and the Caucasus ; 

 in Germany and Austro-Hungary it breeds sporadically ; Rtigen, and it is said Denmark, and 

 possibly South Sweden, are also within its breeding range. In Asia it also breeds in West 

 Siberia. On migration it has occurred in Italy and Greece, as well as in Sweden, Heligoland, 

 Holland, and over thirty times in the British Isles (eleven have been obtained in Norfolk alone) ; 

 but it is only known at present to winter in Western India, though, as it has been observed 

 in Egypt, some probably winter in Africa. [F. c. R. j.] 



BROWN-FLYCATCHER [Mfacicapa latirostris Raffles]. 



1. Description. Resembles the spotted-flycatcher (see vol. ii. p. 261), but lacks the streaks 

 on the throat and head. The sexes are alike in size and coloration. Length 5J in. 

 [140 mm.]. General colour above uniform ash-brown, slightly paler on the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts; lesser wing-coverts like the back; median and greater coverts ash-brown, 

 margined on the outer web with reddish brown ; lores whitish ; sides of the face and ear-coverts 

 like the back, but slightly paler ; under parts white, washed with brownish ash on the chest and 

 sides of the body. [w. p. p. and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. Breeds in East Siberia from Lake Baikal to Corea, and North China east- 

 ward and south to the Himalaya range as far west as Chamba, and apparently also in India 

 occasionally. It also breeds in Japan. On migration it visits India and Ceylon, the Malay 

 Peninsula, Andaman Isles, Hainan, South China, the Philippines, and Great Sunda Isles. 

 Has once been recorded from the south of England, near Lydd, Kent, May 1909. [F. c. R. J.] 



THE SWALLOWS 1 



[ORDER: Passcriformea. FAMILY: Hirundinidce] 

 REDRUMPED-SWALLOW [Chelidon nt/Za(Temminck); HirAndo rAfula Temminck]. 



1. Description. Differs greatly from the common species (H, rustica, see vol. ii. p. 277), 

 more particularly in having the rump reddish buff and in lacking the chesnut on the forehead. 



1 VoL ii. p. 277. 



