80 t'ORVID^. 



ashy grey, shading off paler ou the abdomen ; thighs l)kickis h 

 washed with bhiish grey ; under tail-coverts orange ; under wing- 

 coverts glossy black ; wings above glossy black, with a distinct 

 white speculum, all the primaries, except the two outermost, being 

 white at the base of the external web ; tail glossy black, the two 

 centre tail-feathers bluish grey for two thirds of their length, the 

 uext pair also grey at base ; bill horny black ; legs dusky black ; 

 iris reddish broAvn. Total length 13'5 inches, culmcn 1"3, wing 5-45, 

 tail 8' 7, tarsus 1-15. 



Younij. In general similar to the adult, but paler, and having the 

 feathers of the upper surface tipped with ochraceous, the brown 

 plumes as well as the grey being thus marked ; the under tail-coverts 

 ochraceous buff instead of orange. 



Hah. Himalaya Mountains and Assam. 



a. Ad. st. Himalaya Mountains. J. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]- 



6. Juv. sk. Nefir Purueah. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.j. 



c. Ad.sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.j. 



d. cJ ad. sk. N.W.Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 

 e~k. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



I. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.J. 



m,n. Ad.sk. Darjiling. J. Gould, Esq. 



0. Ad. sk. Nazeerah, Upper As- R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



sam {Dr. Heid). 



p. Boues, various. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Dendrocitta formosae. 



Dendrocitta sinensis, var. formosae, Sivinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 387 ; 1865, 



p. 234; 1866, pp. 296,-394. 

 Glaucopis ibrmosse, ScJd. Miis. P.-B. Coraces, p. 76 (1867). 

 Dendrocitta formosse, 8winh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 382. 



Adult. General colour above rather rufescent brown, deeper on 

 the lower back ; the rump whitish, the upper tail-coverts shading 

 into grey ; forehead and feathers round the eye blackish ; crown of 

 head and hind neck dull grey, shading off from the mantle into the 

 brown of the back ; sides of face and neck, throat, and breast dull 

 smoky brown, paler on the latter ; abdomen white ; flanks greyish 

 brown ; thighs blackish brown, slightly shaded with grey ; under 

 tail-coverts deep orange-buff"; under wing-coverts blackish, with a 

 distinct shade of grey ; wings above black, with a distinct purplish 

 gloss ; a distinct alar speculum, caused by the white bases to the 

 primaries, all but the two outermost of which have a large spot on 

 the outer as well as the inner web ; tail black, the centre feathers 

 with a distinct sliade of bluish grey for more than half their length, 

 the same shade being also slightly developed near the base of the 

 next pair. Total length 12 inches, culmen 1*3, tail 7'3, tarsus 1*15. 



Hub. Formosa. 



rt. Ad. sk. Formosa. R. Swiuhoe, Esq. [C.j. 



