70 C0EVTT).T-:. 



coverts very broad and equal to the 

 black band in width ; primaries not 



tipped with white viagmrostris, p. 71. 



b". Back lavender-brown ; subterminal bar on 

 upper tail-coverts broad and equal to 

 terminal black bar ; primaries tipped 



with white on outer web erythrorhyncha, p. 71. 



h'. With bright yellow bill Jlavirostris and allies, 



b. Underparts bright deep azure-blue, like the pp. 72-74. 

 upper parts ccerulea, p. 74. 



1. Urocissa occipitalis. 



Pica erythrorhyncha, Viyors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 173 (nee Gm.) ; Gould, 



Cent. Himal. 5. pi. 41. 

 Cvanurus erythrorhyncluis, Horlgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84. 

 Psilorhinus sinensis, Grat/, Cat Mamm. ^-c. Nepal Ilodys. 1846, 



p. 101 ; Jih/fli, J. A. S.B. XV. p. 27. 

 Psilorhinus occipitahs, i?/y^A, J. A. S. B.xv. p. 2G; id. Cat. B. Mus. 



A. S. B. p. 93 ; Hutto/, J. A. S. B. xvii. p. 681. 

 Psilorhinus iiJbicapillua, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 28. 

 Urocissa occipitalis, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 87 ; Gould, B. Asia, 



pt. xiii. ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 300 ; Hume, Nests and Eygs Ind. B. 



p. 419. 

 Urocissa albicapilla, C(d}. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 87. 

 Urocissa sinensis, Horsf. 8f 3Ioore, Cat. B. 3Ius. E.I. Co. ii. p. 577 



(pt-)- 

 Cissa occipitalis. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 7. 



Adult. General colour above pale purplish brown, the wings 

 brighter and more azure-blue ; quills blackish on the inner web, 

 externally azure-blue, the secondaries terminally banded with white, 

 the primaries outwardly margined with whitish ash-grey, shading 

 off into azure-blue near the tip of the outer web, which has also a 

 terminal white spot ; upper tail-coverts azure-blue, tipped with black, 

 before which is a subterminal shade of pale bluish grey ; tail-fea- 

 thers azure-blue very broadly tipped with white, all but the two centre 

 feathers having a broad subterminal band of black, before which a 

 white spot is apparent on the inner web of most of them ; head all 

 round, sides of neck, throat, and fore neck black, the latter feathers 

 slightly shaded with blue on the lower margin ; plumes of the crown 

 tipped with white ; from the nape extending onto the hinder neck 

 a large occipital patch of white ; rest of under surface of body 

 silky white, including the under wing- and tail-coverts ; flanks 

 inclining to light bluish grey, as also on the thighs ; laill-coral red ; 

 legs orange ; iris fine red. Total length 24 inches, culmen 1-4, 

 wing 7'0, tail 16, tarsus 1'95. 



Hah. Himalaya Mountains. 



a. Ad. sk. Himalaya Mountains. J. Gould, Esq. 



b. Ad.sk. Himalaya Mountains. Secretaryof State foIndia[P .]. 

 e. Juv. sk. Himalaya Mountains. .1. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. St. Nepal. " B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



e, f, (I. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P. ]. 

 A.'Jilv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



