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usually frequenting the higher branches of large trees. It 

 feeds on insects of various kinds, which it captures chiefly on 

 the wing, and in the autumn to a small extent on berries. Its 

 call-note is a soft hvcet Jivcct, and its song, which is clear and 

 sweet, resembles that of the Wood Wren, but is richer and fuller 

 in tone, and may be heard from the early morn to sunset. Its 

 nest, which is placed in the hole of a tree at from 8 to 10 feet 

 from the ground, is constructed of moss, and scantily lined with 

 hair, and the eggs, from 5 to 6, sometimes 7 in number, arc 

 deposited early in June, and are white, closely marked with 

 dull light reddish buff or reddish grey, resembling dull, closely- 

 marked eggs of E. rubecula, but are much smaller, measuring 

 07 by 0-5. 



378. SUBSP. MUSCICAPA ALBICILLA. 



MuKcicapa albicilla, Pall. Zoogr. Ross. As. i. p. 462, Aves, tab. 1 (1811) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 162 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. 

 p. 10 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 469 ; M. leucura (nee. Gmel.), Swains. 

 Hist. Nat. Flyc. p. 253 (1838) ; (Jerd.) B. of Ind. i. p. 481. 



Turra, Hind. ; Chut-ki, Beng. 



ad. (India). Differs from M. parvain having the head and neck like 

 the back, and not ashy blue, and the rufous orange is confined to the upper 

 throat. Culmen '47, wing 27, tail 2 '15, tarsus 0'75 inch. The female 

 closely resembles that of M. parva. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia and China ; wintering in India as far 

 west as Nepal and Dinapore, in Burma south to Tenasserim. 



Does not differ from M. parva in its general habits, and also 

 places its nest in the hole of a tree, usually at no great dis- 

 tance from the ground. The eggs resemble those of Af. parva t 

 but the ground colour is white, and the markings are usually 

 collected round the larger end, leaving the rest of the egg 

 unspotted. 



379. MUGIMAKI FLYCATCHER. 

 MUSCICAPA LUTEOLA. 



Muscicapa lateola (Pall.), Zoogr. Eoss. As. i. p. 470 (1811) ; Middend 

 Sib. Reis. ii. p. 186, Taf. 17, figs. 1-3 ; (Sharpe) Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 iv. p. 201 ; (Tacz.) F. O. Sib. O. p. 472 ; M. mugimaki, Temm. PL 

 Col. iii. pi. 577, fig. 2 (1829) ; Temm. and Schlegel, Faun. Jap. Aves, 

 p. 47, Taf. xvii. B. 



(J ad. (E. Siberia). Crown, nape, sides of head and neck, and upper 

 parts generally dark slaty grey, nearly black ; wings and tail blackish, the 



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