64 PASSE RES. 



Nat. Mus. 1883, p. 304). Eggs in the Pryer collection resemble 

 the rufous variety of the eggs of the Red-backed Shrike, but are not 

 so round. 



The Paradise Flycatchers are an African genus of birds, no less 

 than ten species being found in the Ethiopian Region. Two others 

 are found in India, and the remaining two in China and Japan. 

 They are very conspicuous objects, as they fly from bush to bush 

 with their long tails streaming behind them. 



CRATEROPODIN^. 



Sexes alike ; young in first plumage only differing from that of 

 the adult in being slightly paler ; first primary generally rather more 

 than half the length of the second ; nostrils exposed. 



The range and number of species of the CrateropodiniB are very 

 difficult to determine, but they are represented in most of the tropical 

 and subtropical parts of the Old World, including the Pacific Islands. 

 Four species are found in Japan, 



29. HYPSIPETES AMAUROTIS. 



(BROWN-EARED BULBUL.) 



Turdiis amaurotis, Temminck, Planclies Colorizes, no. 497 (1830). 



The Brown-eared Bulbul is smaller than its close ally on the Loo- 

 Choo Islands (wing from carpal joint 4'8 to 5"3), but scarcely difiers 

 in size from the Bonin-Island form. It differs from both in bavins: 

 no chestnut-brown on the throat, breast, or belly. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 31 b. 



The Brown-eared Bulbul may possibly be peculiar to Japan during 

 the breeding-season. In Yezzo it is principally known as a summer 

 visitor, but a few remain during winter. In Southern Japan it 

 breeds on the mountains and winters in the plains (Blakiston and 

 Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 240) . There are examples in the Swinhoe col- 

 lection from Hakodadi and Nagasaki (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 158) ; 

 and there are five examples in the Pryer collection from Yokohama, 

 and two from the central group of the Loo-Choo Islands. It is pro- 

 bable that some of the Yezzo birds migrate to the Loo-Choo Islands 

 in autumn, returning northwards in spring (Stejneger, Zeitschr. ges. 



