6. CORONE. 



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llah. India and China, extending to Eastern Siberia 



a. Ad. sk. India. 



b, c. Ad. sk. India. 

 d. Ad. sk. Afghanistan {Griffith). 



e. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 



g. Ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 

 i, k, I. Ad. sk. 

 tn, n. Ad. sk. 

 o, p. c? $ ad. sk. 

 q. 2 ad. sk. 



r. Ad. sk. 



s. Ad. sk. 



t. Juv. sk. 



u. (S ad. sk. 



r. S ad. sk. 



w. Ad. sk. 

 X. Ad. sk. 

 y. Ad. sk. 



z. Ad. sk. 



a'. <S ad. sk. 



i', c'. cf 5 ad. sk. 



Gangaoti-i, Himalayas. 

 Nynee Tal. 



Kooloo (Tweedic). 



North India. 



Nepal. 



Nepal. 



Andaman Islands. 



South Andamans, Oct. 2-5, 



1873 {Wimherley). 

 Bhamau, Upper Burmah, 



Feb. 1868. 

 Pousee, Kakhyen Hills, 



March 13, 1868. 

 jMang-w3'ne, Sanda Valley, 



May 12, 18G8. 

 Momien, Yun-nan, 



1868. 

 Poo-too, 



1860. 



May 



China, Aus:. 12, 



China. 



China. 



Fokien, China. 



Shanghai. 



Hainan, Feb. 2, 1868. 



Ussuri riyer, Jan. 20, 1874. 



J. Gould, Esq. 



Purchased. 



Secretary of State for 

 India [P.]. (Spec. 6 of 

 Ilorsf. & Moore, Cat. 

 p. 553. no. 831.) 



Purchased. 



Capt. Stackhouse Pin- 

 will [P.]. 



J. Gould, Esq. 



H. Drummond, Esq. [P.], 



B.H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



B. H. Hodgson,Esq. [P.]. 



Purchased. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Dr. Anderson [C.]. 

 Dr. Anderson [C.]. 

 Dr. Anderson [C.]. 

 Dr. Anderson [C.]. 



Secretary of State for 

 India '[P.]. (Type of 

 C. sinensis.) 



J. Gould, Esq. 



Capt. Blakiston [C.]. 



Capt. Blakiston [C.]. 



Shanghai Museum [P.]. 



R. Swiuhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



Dr. Dybowski [C.]. 



Subsp. /3. Corone japonensis. 



Coryus macrorhynchus, ScJilegel, Faun. Jcqion. Aves, p. 79, pi. 39. 

 Coryus japonensis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 386; Midd. Sibir. Reis. Zool. p. 

 161 ; Schrenck, Meis. Amurl. p. 325 ; Radde, Iteise Sibir. p. 210 ; 

 Schl. Bijdr. Dierk. Amsterd. 4to, art. Corpus, pi. i. tigs. 3 & 4; id. 

 Mits. I'.-B. Coraces, p. 15; Grai/, lland-l. B. ii. p. 11 ; Swinh. 

 P. Z. S. 1871, p. 3S2. 

 Adult. Above glossy purplish black, the wings rather more red- 

 dish or bronzy purple, the bastard wing and primary-coverts, as well 

 as the outer aspect of the quills, steel-green, the inner webs of the 

 quills also greenish, especially of the secondaries ; tail-feathers steel- 

 green, glossed with purple, especially near the base ; head greenish 

 black, the ear-coverts somewhat oily green, the neck all round with 

 somewhat of a greyish cast ; under surface black with a very slight 

 gloss of purple, the feathers of the throat lanceolate with a duU 

 purplish gloss ; bill and feet black. Total length 21 inches, culmen 

 3-05, wing 14-2, tail 9-0, tarsus 2-4. 



Another specimen measures 15*6 inches in the wing, tarsus 2-7. 

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