62 PASSEKES. 



26. MUSCICAPA SIBIEICA. 



(SIBERIAN FLYCATCHER.) 



"Muscicapa aibirica, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 936 (1788). 



The Siberian Flycatcher is a little brown bird, very closely allied 

 to the Brown Flycatcher, but differing from it^in being rather darker 

 in colour, especially on the breast. It differs from the females of 

 the two species of Xanthopygia in having no trace of green on the 

 upper parts. 



Figures : Hume and Henderson, Lahore to Yarkand, pi. 4. 



The Siberian Flycatcher appears to be a common bird in Japan. 

 Captain Blakiston sent me an example from Sapporo, in Yezzo, 

 dated May 26, 1877; and in the Pryer collection are five adult 

 birds and three young in first plumage from Fuji-yama, proving that 

 it breeds in the main island. 



This species breeds in Dauria and the valley of the Amoor and 

 also in the Himalayas. It passes through China on migration to 

 winter in India, Burma, and the Malay Peninsula. 



The Siberian Flycatcher so closely resembles the Brown Fly- 

 catcher that they are often confounded together. It is a slightly 

 larger bird, the upper parts are brown instead of ashy brown, and 

 the sides of the neck and breast are brown instead of pale brown. 



Young in first plumage are spotted and barred, both on the upper 

 and under parts, like young Thrushes. 



27. MUSCICAPA LATIROSTRIS. 



(BROWN FLYCATCHER.) 



Muscieapa latirostris, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 312 (1821). 



The Brown Flycatcher is a little grey bird, very closely allied to 

 the Siberian Flycatcher, but differing from it in being rather paler 

 in colour, especially on the breast. It differs from the females of 

 the two species of Xanthopygia in having no trace of green on the 

 upper parts. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 15 ; 

 Hume and Henderson, Lahore to Yarkand, pi. 5. 



The Brown Flycatcher is a common summer visitor to Yezzo and 

 the Kurile Islands, and in the more southerly Japanese islands it is 



