84 COKVID-E. 



2. CrypsirMna cucullata. 



Crvpsirliina cucullata, Jenlun, Ibis, 18G2, p. I'O; Gould, B. Asia, pt. xv. ; 



Blanford, Ibis, 1870, p. 468 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 9 ; Hume, Utr. 



F. iii. p. 147 ; Bhjth 4'- Wald. J. A. S. B. 1875, Suppl. p. 88. 

 Glaucopis cucullata, SvJd. Miis. P.-B. Coraces, p. 74. 



Adult. General colour above clear grey, shading off browner on 

 the scapulars, lower back and rump, -wiug-coYerts and innermost 

 secondaries, the two latter shading off into white on their terminal 

 margin ; primary-coveits and quills black, the secondaries rather 

 broadly margined with white ; head all round, including the throat, 

 dark greenish black, the nape and hind neck white, less distinct on 

 the sides of the latter, and forming only an ill-defined coUar across 

 the fore neck ; rest of under surface brownish grey, the under wing- 

 coverts and inner bases of the quills whitish : two centre tail-feathers 

 black, washed with brown near the base of the outer web, the re- 

 mainder of the tail-feathers pale ashy brown, darker towards the 

 base, and inclining to white at the tips ; bill black ; legs brownish 

 black ; iris very pale glaucous blue. Total length 10"5 inches, cul- 

 men 0-So, wing 4, tail 6-8, tarsus 0-95. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having the hood dusky ashy instead 

 of black ; lores, ear-coverts, and chin blackish brown, and the top of 

 the head darker brown ; no white line round the neck ; the grey of 

 the plumage duller and dingier, and the quills and central tail-feathers 

 altogether duller-coloured (Hume); basal portion of bill orange, as 

 well as the edges of the eyelids and inside of the mouth {Oates). 



Hah. Burmah and Upper Pegu. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Upper Burmah. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. (Types 



of species.) 



c. Ad. St. Upper Burmah. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Burmah. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Burmah. J. Gould, Esq. 



21. CISSA. 



Type. 



Cissa, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 975, note C. sinensis. 



Corapica, Less. Traite, p. 352 (1831) C. sinensis. 



Chlorisoma, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 230 (1837). ^ tl,nli,«,-n 



C. thalassiua. 



Head of Cissa chinensis. 

 Range. Ceylon, Himalaya Mountains, Burmese countries, Sumatra. 



