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from the ludo-Malaj-an bird bj' its pure white axillaries, and by its 

 generally having three outside tall-feathers white and the fourth for 

 a great extent white also. In the Indo-Malayan Dhayal the 

 axUlaries have very conspicuous blackish bases, so that in most 

 the prevailing colour of the axillaries is black with a broad white 

 margin ; the two outer tail-feathers are white, the third has a 

 broad black basal mark on the inner web, while the fourth has only 

 a white patch at the tip. These markings are not sufficiently con- 

 stant, however, to render identification always an absolute certainty, 

 though the axillaries are, as a rule, easily recognizable in the two 

 species. In the Indo-ilalayan birds the females are darker as 

 regards the throat and chest, and there is a more decided rufous 

 tinge on the flanks. The females of the Indian birds, however, 

 vary somewhat in tint, those from the Himalayas being paler, while 

 Southern-Indian skins, and Cej-louese ones also, are appreciably 

 darker and approach Malayan examples in colour. 



The range of the true G. scndaris extends all over India and 

 Ceylon eastwards to Assam and as far south as Pegu. I have only 

 seen one female bird in poor condition fromTenasserim, and cannot say 

 whether it is C. saularis, which descends to Tenasserim, or C. musiciis, 

 which comes up there from the Malayan peninsula. The latter 

 species is the Dhayal of Siam and Cochin China, whence it extends 

 down the Malayan peninsula to Sumatra and Java, and also reaches 

 Borneo. In the two last-named islands it meets the black C. amcemis ; 

 and specimens are in the Museum which appear to me to be un- 

 doubted hybrids between the two forms. 



a. Copstjchus saularis. 



a. S ad. sk. Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon. Mr. E. Boate [C.]. 



b. <S ad. sk. Travaucore. India Museum. 



c. d,e. cS,f- ? Mad:-as. Rev. H. H. Baber [P.]. 

 ad. sk. 



g, h. S 9- ad. sk. Deccan (Sykes). India Museum. 



V, k. S 'i ad. sk. Khandeish. India ^luseum. 



I. $ ad. sk. Sursve, Kattiawar, April Major Hayes Lloyd [P.]. 



16, 1871. 



m, n. S ad. sk. Kamptee, C. India. Dr. B. Hinde [P.]. 



o,p, (S ad. sk. Saugor (W. T. Hooper). India Museum. 



q. (S , r, s. 5 ad. ; N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Piuwill 



t. Juv. sk. [P.]. 



u, v. S 2 ad. sk. Kumaon (Strachei/), India Museum. 



w, .V. (S, ij. 2 Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



ad.; z,a'. Juv. 



b', c'. iS ad. sk. Nepal (Hodgson). India Museum, 



d'. cf ad. sk. Barjiling (Jerdon). C. Bj-grave Wharton, Esq. 



e'. Juv. sk. Dariiling (Eccles). F.D.GodmanandO.Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



f. S <id. sk. Behar. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



n' 2ad.sk. Deyra Doon. F.D.GodmanandO.Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P]. 



h'. 5ad.sk. Assam (McClelland). India Museum. 



i'. 9 ad. sk. Nazeerah, Upper Assam R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



(Dr. Reid). 



