74 COETID^. 



of the bill, that tho birds, though full-grown, are not quite adult ; _ at 

 the same time they differ from the young plumage of the allied 

 species, which are "not distinctly yellow when immature, as far as 

 the specimens in the Museum show. 

 Hah. Himalaya Mountains. 



a. U.Jlavirostris. 

 a Ad St. Himalaya Mountains. Purchased. 



h, c. Ad. sk. Kepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



rf.Ad.sk. Sikhim. J. Gould, Esq. 



€. Ad. sk. Daijiling. J. Goidd, Esq. 



0. U. cucidlata. 

 /. Ad. sk. Himalaya Mountains. Purchased. 



g. Ad. sk. Kumaon (Strachei/). Secretary of State for India [P.]. 



^!Ad. sk.' Kooloo (Tu-eedie). J. Gould, Esq. (Type of U. 



cucidlata.) 

 t, h. \d. sk. Ladakh. Piu-chased. 



/. Ad. sk. Cashmere. E. M. Langworthy, Esq. [P.]. 



m,n.(S 2iuT.sk. Cashmere, 

 o. Juy. sk. Cashmere. R. B. Sharps, Esq. [P.]. 



5. TJrocissa caerulea. 



Urocissa c£erulea, Gould, P. Z. S. 18G2, p. 282 ; Swinh. Ibis, 1863, 

 p. .384 ; Goidd, B. Asia, part xyi. ; Sicinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 382. 



Cissa cajrulea, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 71 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 

 ii. p. 7. 



Adult. General colour above and below deep azure-blue, the 

 under tail-coverts paler and shading off into whitish at the tips ; head 

 and neck all round, including the fore neck, black ; quills black, 

 externally blue like the back, tipped with white, which forms a 

 tolerably" broad terminal bar on the secondaries ; upper tail-coverts 

 azure-blue like the back, broadly tipped with black, preceded by a 

 subterminal bar of greyish blue ; tail blue, the two centre tail- 

 feathers broadly tipped "with white, all the other ones having the 

 white tip preceded by a broad subterminal bar of black, much broader 

 on the outer feathers ; on some of the tail-feathers a faintly indicated 

 white spot is seen on the inner web before the black bar ; " bill and 

 legs bright red-lead, the former tipped paler ; sole-pads light and 

 dingy ; claws light reddish brown" (SwinJwe). Total length 22 

 inches, culmen 1-7, wing 7-9, tail 15-5, tarsus 1-85. 

 Hah. Formosa. 



a, b. Ad. sk. N. Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Formosa (Stcmhoe). J. Gould, Esq. 



18. CRYPTORHINA. „ 



Type. 



Cryptorhina, War/l. Si/st. Av. art. Cryptorhina (1827) C. afra. 



Ptilostomus, Swdins. Classtf. B. ii. p.' 266 (1837) C. afra. 



Range. North-eastern Africa and Senegambia. 



