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margined with maroon-purple ; tail black, slightly glossed with purple ; 

 flanks blackish ; rest of under parts white ; bill bluish, edge of the eyelid 

 cobalt ; iris blackish. Culmen 0'65, wing 3'72, tail 4'6, the middle rec- 

 trices 5 -4 longer, tarsus 0'65 inch. The female resembles that of T. incii, 

 but has the throat greyer and paler, and the black on the crown less 

 extended. 



Hob. Japan, the coasts of Southern China on migration; 

 wintering in the Malay peninsula. 



In general habits it does not differ from T. paradisi. It 

 breeds commonly in Japan in June and July, placing its nest 

 in the fork of a tree from 8 to 12 feet from the ground, and 

 constructing it of dry grass, strips of bark and moss, inter- 

 woven with lichen or spiders' webs, and lined with fine moss- 

 roots. The eggs, 4 to 5 in number, resemble the rufous variety 

 of the eggs of Lanius collurio, but are not so round. 



385. CHINESE PARADISE FLYCATCHER. 

 TERPSIPHONE INCII. 



Terpsiphone incii (Gould), B. of Asia, ii. pi. 19 (1852) ; David and 

 Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 112, pi. 82; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. 

 p. 350 ; Bianchi and Berezovski, Ptitz. Kan-su, &c., p. 73. 



PMitn, Hong-lUn, Chinese. 



ad. (China). Differs from T. paradisi in having the upper parts, in- 

 cluding the secondaries, much darker, rich chestnut-maroon, the tail simi- 

 larly coloured ; quills blackish, broadly margined with chestnut-maroon ; 

 inner secondaries chestnut-red, with a broad central black line ; breast 

 .and flanks slate-grey, rest of under parts white ; bill and eyelid cobalt 

 blue ; legs greenish ; iris brown. Culmen 0*85, wing 4-1, tail 4*7, the 

 middle rectrices 6'8 longer, tarsus 0'68 inch. The female has not the middle 

 feathers elongated, is paler, and has a shorter crest. According to Messrs. 

 David and Oustalet, the old males, like T. paradisi, assume a white 

 plumage. 



Hob. Manchuria and China, ranging south to the Malay 

 peninsula and Sumatra. 



In habits it is said to resemble T. paradisi, and in China it 

 frequents the plains and low hills, not the mountains, and is 

 often seen in gardens. 



