290 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [June 23, 



never procured but one female, and that was at Araoy, in December 



1857. 



142. Cyanoptila cyanomel^na (Temm.), PI. Col. 470 (the 

 male). 



Muscicapa gularis, Temm. Faun. Jap. (the female). 



In spring and autumn these birds are very abundant about Canton 

 and Amoy, on their way to and from North China and Japan. I do 

 not think many, if any, stay in the south. I have seen specimens 

 from Tientsin ; and von Schrenck notes the female M. gularis from 

 the Amoor. I have one specimen with very short bill ; but speci- 

 mens differ in the size of that organ, and in the tint of the blue on 

 the crown. For a further account of this species, see The Ibis, 186 1 , 

 p. 41. 



143. Erythrosterna leucura (Gm.). 



Muscicapa albicilla, Pallas. 



The eastern representative of E. parva, Bechst. It is common in 

 North China, and is found as far north as the Amoor. In winter it 

 migrates southwards, at which season we meet with it in Amoy and 

 Canton. It differs from E. parva in having only a red patch on the 

 throat, which does not extend down the breast. Both E. parva and 

 E. leucura occur, I am told, in Hindostan during winter. 



144. Erythrosterna luteola. 



Muscicapa luteola (Pall.), Midd. Sib. Reis. pi. 17. f. 1-3. 



M. muyimaki, Schleg. Faun. Jap. 



M. erythaca, Blyth. 



Muscicapa hylocliaris^ Swinhoe, Ibis, 1862, p. 30.5 (nee Schleg.). 



The male of this species is figured in the 'Fauna Japonica' as 

 M. mugimaki, and I myself have long confounded it with the 

 preceding bird. The female, with its Robin-like plumage, and 

 absence of white on the lateral rectrices, is the M. erythaca of Blyth, 

 from Penang. I procured a female at Amoy in November 1861, and 

 unfortunately made the already existing confusion worse by descri- 

 bing it in The Ibis as Muscicapa hylocharis of the ' Fauna Japonica.' 

 Von Schrenck figures a young bird from the Amoor in mottled plu- 

 mage, with the white base to tail. It is rather curious, then, that 

 our female should have no signs of it. This bird would appear to ex- 

 tend over the north of Eastern Asia and Japan, repairing southwards 

 in winter. 



Sylviid^. 



145. Iantiha cyanura. 



Lusciola cyanura. Faun. Jap. 



lanthia et Nemura rufilata of my former lists. 



Male blue on upper parts, white-eyebrowed ; white on hinder 

 parts, with orange-coloured sides ; distinguished from the Himalayan 



