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and pleasant though somewhat short, and it is a most indus- 

 trious songster. It feeds on insects of various kinds, which, to 

 a large extent, it captures on the wing. It breeds in Japan 

 and the island of Saghalien, placing its nest in a hole of an old 

 tree, and in June deposits from 4 to 6 eggs, which are pale 

 greenish white somewhat sparingly spotted and blotched with 

 pale red, and measure about 0'69 by 0'54. 



382. COREAN FLYCATCHER. 

 XANTHOPYGIA TRICOLOR. 



Xardhopygia tricolor (Hartl.), Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 406 ; David and Oust. 

 Ois. Chine, p. 118, pi. 80; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 250; 

 Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 480 ; X. leucophrys, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. 

 p. 123(1847). 



ad. (Corea). Differs from X. narcissina, merely in having the lore* 

 and supercilium white, not yellow, and the throat and breast lemon-yellow, 

 not orange, and there is less white and more yellow on the abdomen. 

 Culmen 0'5, wing 2 '9, tail T95, tarsus 0'7 inch. The female resembles 

 that of X. narcissina, but has the lores and supercilium dull white, not 

 yellow. 



Hal. Dauria, the Ussuri country, Mongolia, Corea, and 

 North China ; wintering in the Malay peninsula. 



In habits it does not differ from X. narcissina, and like that 

 species breeds in hollow trees. The nest is very loose, com- 

 posed of rootlets and plant-bents, lined with finer bents, and 

 the eggs, which are deposited early in June, vary considerably. 

 The ground colour is white or pale creamy white, some being 

 minutely dotted all over the surface with faint red, others 

 again being boldly spotted or blotched with red, and in some 

 the markings are collected round the larger end. In size they 

 average about 0'64 by 0'52. 



TEEPSIPHONE, Gloger, 1827. 



383. INDIAN PARADISE FLYCATCHER. 

 TERPSIPHONE PAR AD I SI. 



T&ysiphone paradisi, (Linn.) Syst. Nat. i. p. 324 (1766) ; Gould, B. of 

 Asia, ii. pi. 18 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 346 ; Gates, F. Brit. 

 Ind. Birds, ii. p. 45. 



Shah Bulbul, Tdklah, Doodhraj, Ind. 



