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In a subsequent note Mr. Swinhoe says the bird is " locally distributed throughout China as far as Peking-. 

 In North China it is only a summer visitant ; in South China vagrant during winter. Represented in Japan 

 and Formosa by larger varieties." 



Crown of the head, back, scapularies, wing-, and upper tail-coverts deep steel-blue, a few of the white bases 

 of the feathers showing at the upper part of the back ; line over the eye, and collar at the back of the neck, 

 rich chestnut-red ; rump chestnut-red, striated with brown ; wings and tail blackish brown, glossed with blue ; 

 under surface pale buff, with a conspicuous streak of dark brown down the centre of each feather ; under 

 tail-coverts largely tipped with steel-blue ; bill black ; feet brownish black. 



The figures are of the size of life ; the sexes do not appear to differ except in the female being smaller 

 than the male. 





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