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median and greater wing-coverts and the basal half of most of the outer 

 tail-feathers pure white ; behind the eye a white stripe ; chin, throat, and 

 breast rich orange, the flanks yellowish ; rest of under parts white ; bill 

 black ; legs brown ; iris dark brown. Culmeii 0*4, wing 3*1, tail 2 '2, 

 tarsus 0'6 inch. The; female has the upper parts olive-brown, the larger 

 wing-coverts tipped with white, and the under parts paler than in the 

 male. The young are paler than the female, have the sides of the face grey, 

 the cheeks more or less blackish, two bufTy white bars across the wing, 

 and the young female has no white at the base of the tail. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia, migrating through Corea, Japan, and 

 China ; and wintering in the Malay peninsula and Borneo. 



In habits it appears to resemble M. parva, but is much more 

 silent, though it is said to have a pleasant song ; it breeds in 

 Eastern Siberia, placing its nest in a conifer tree at from 6 to 

 18 feet above the ground, well concealed. The nest is con- 

 structed of rootlets of fir-trees, moss, and lichens, and is care- 

 fully lined with moss, fine grasses, and hair. The eggs are in 

 colour similar to those of Cyanecula suecica, olive green, dotted 

 with pale red. In number they are usually 4, are deposited in 

 the latter half of June, and measure about O65 by 0'48 



CYANOPTILA, Blyth, 1847. 



380. JAPANESE BLUE FLYCATCHER. 

 CYANOPTILA CYANOMEKffiNA. 



Cyanoptila cyanomelcena (Temm.), PL Col. iii. pi. 470 (1829) ; (Teinm. and 

 Schlegel), Faun. Jap. p. 47, pis. 16, 17D ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. iv. p. 251; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 116, pi. 81 ; 

 (Seebohm) B. Jap. Emp. p. 59 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 482. 



Oruri, Japanese. 



<$ ad. (Japan). Crown, nape, and upper parts generally rich cobalt 

 blue, the crown brighter blue ; quills black, externally narrowly margined 

 with blue ; tail white on basal half, otherwise black, the outer webs of all 

 but the middle feathers cobalt-blue ; chin, throat, sides of neck and head, 

 breast, and flanks deep black ; rest of the under parts white ; bill black ; 

 legs brown ; iris dark brown. Culmen 0'62, wing 3*7, tail 2 '6, tarsus O65 

 inch. The female has the upper parts olivaceous brown, the wings dark 

 brown, with olivaceous margins, the tail brown, with warm olivaceous 

 external margins, but with no white at the base, the throat, breast, and 

 flanks dull brownish ; a large spot on the throat and rest of the under parts 

 white. The young male has the tail and wings like the old male, but rather 



