666 Mr. J. D. D. La Touclie on the [This. 



a specimen shot at Shanliaikuan on the 7th of May, 1914. 

 I have not seen the bird on the return passage. 



The Tricolor Flycatcher is a common migrant at New- 

 chwang in May. It is easily trapped by the natives, but 

 does not stand captivity well. 



64. Terpsiphone incii (Gould). 



Tchitrea incii D. & O. p. 112, pi. 82. 



Terpsiphone incii La T. p. 570. 



Ince^s Paradise Flycatcher arrives at Chinwangtao about 

 the 20th of May and the passage lasts until well on in 

 June. It appears again during the last week in August 

 and occurs until the 23rd oi- 24th of September. I have an 

 example from Chien An. This bird breeds in the mountains 

 north of the port, whence I have a Avhite-plumaged male 

 and had. a clutch of four eggs, almost hatching, brought to 

 me on the 2nd of July, 1917. I shot a white-plumaged 

 male, the only one seen at Cliinwangtao, on the 7th of June, 

 1913. The white feathers of this bird are all broadly edged 

 with black, and one of the innermost secondaries has a trace 

 of chestnut. The tail measures only 9'5 in. 



The flight of tliis Flycatcher in the open is swift, and 

 the tail streaming behind it reminds me of an arrow 

 shot from a bow. It is difficult to understand how such 

 an apparently unwieldy appendage does not prevent its 

 owner from travelling, but it is a fact that the Japanese 

 Paradise Flycatcher is found in spring at Shaweishan with 

 fully-grown rectrices, and that to reach Japan from that 

 island it has to cross over 450 miles of open sea. The 

 Chinese bird very probably travels overland. Only one 

 example was taken at Shaweishan, and that was on the 

 autumn migration. The birds seen in autumn are all in 

 red plumage with short tails. In spring most of the males 

 have the long central rectrices, and breed in the red plum- 

 age as well as in the white. The latter plumage, which is 

 that of the old males at least two years old, is without 

 doubt moulted at the end of the summer before the autumn 

 migration begins. 



