19. DENDROCIITA. 79 



3. Dendrocitta leucogastra. 



Dendrocitta leucogastra, Gould, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 67, et Tr. Z. S. i. 



p. 80, pi. 12; £/yt7i, Cut. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 91; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 360; Cab. Mus. llcin. Th. i. p. 217 ; //(w.v/. ^- Moore, Cat. B. 



Mas. E.I. Co. ii. p. 5r0 ; Jcrd. B. Lid. ii. p. 317 ; Gray, Hand-l 

 ^ B. 11. p. 8 ; Hume, Xests and E<ifis Ltd. B. p. 424. 

 Crypsirlmia leucog-astra, Siv. Classif. B. ii. p. 2U6; Jerd. Madr. Journ. 



xi. p. 10. 

 Temnurus leucogaster, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 310. 

 Glaucopis leucogaster, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 74. 



Adult. Back and scapulars orange-brown ; crown of head, sides 

 of face, cheeks, throat, and fore neck black ; hinder part of crown 

 and the whole of the hinder part and sides of the neck white ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts white, the latter slightly shaded with 

 grey ; tail black, inclining to grey near the base of the inner web, 

 the two long central feathers grey for two thirds of theii- length, the 

 terminal third black ; wings entirely black, a large speculum caused 

 by the white bases to the primaries ; the rest of the under surface 

 of the body pure white ; thighs black ; under tail-coverts orange- 

 rufous ; under wing-coverts black like the inner lining of the quills, 

 which are black below with a white band across the base of the 

 primaries ; biU black ; legs and feet dark plumbeous ; iris blood- 

 red. Total length 17 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 5-7, tail 11-2, tar- 

 sus 1-25. 



Ilah. Southern India. 



Major-Gen. Ilardwicke [P.]. 



J. E. Reeves, Esq. [P.] 



J. Gould, Esq. (TyP^ of species.) 



4. Dendrocitta himalayensis. 



Dendrocitta sinensis, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 57 ; id. Tr. Z. S. i. 



p. 89 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. Sfc. Nepal Hodqs. p. 102 ; Button, J. A. 



S. B. xvii. p. .682 (1848) ; B/,/f/i, Cut. B.Mus. A. S. B. p. 02 ; Bp. 



Consp. 1. p. 300; Cah. Mus. Ileln. i. p. 217; Horsf. ,^- Moore, Cat. 



B. Mus. E.L Co. i. p. 568; Godw.-Austen, J. A. S. B. 1870, 



p. 110. 

 Pica sinensis, Gould, Cent. Himal. B. pi. 43 ; Gray, in Hardw. Ill 



Ind. Zool. i. pi. 26. 

 Crypsirhina sinensis, Sivains. Classif. B. ii. p. 266 ; Hodr/s. in Gray's 



Zool. Misc. p. 84 ; Blyt/i. J. A. S. B. xii. p. 932, xv. p. 30. 

 Temnurus sinensis. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 310. 

 Dendi'ocitta himalayensis, Blyfh, Ibis, 1865, p. 45 ; Grai/, Hand-l B 



ii. p. 8: Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 480 ; Bhjth Sf Walden, B. Burm. 



p. o8. 

 Glaucopis sinensis, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 76. 



AcluJt. Back and scapulars pale reddish brown, gradually shading 

 off into grey on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; crown of head 

 and hind neck bluish grey, a little duller on the mantle ; the fore- 

 head black, as also the sides of the face and throat, the ear-coverts 

 and lower throat a little browner; rest of under surface of body 



