25. GARR0LU8. 95 



velvety Llack ; quills black, the prinmries externally whity brown, 

 the secondaries white, with taint indications of Ijlue bars, the ter- 

 minal third black, the innermost secondary deep chestnut, tipped with 

 black, the next two feathers also distinctly dashed with chestnut on 

 the outer web ; hinder rump and upper tail-coverts pure white; tail 

 black, with indications of bluish grey bars near the base ; under 

 surface of body deep vinous red, paler and inclining to isabelline on 

 the throat ; lower abdomen, vent, under tail-coverts, and thighs 

 white ; under wing-coverts deep vinous, a little deeper than the 

 sides of the body, which are more richly coloured than the breast. 

 Total length 11-5 inches, eulmcn 1-3, wing 6-4, tail 5-4, tarsus 1-7. 



Youiui female. Similar to the male, but rather duller in colour, the 

 streaks on the head not nearly so broad or distinct. Total length 

 11-8 inches, wing (j-5, tail 5*7, tarsus 1'65. 



Hah. Xortheru Persia. 



a. cJad.sk. Mazeuderau. Major St. John [C.]. (One 



of the typical specimens.) 



b. 2 jun- sk. Anau, Mazenderan, Au- 'W. T. Blauford, Esq. [C.]. 



gust 12, 1872. 



3. Garmlus japonicus. 



GaiTulus glaudarius japonicus, Schl. Faun. Jap. p. 83, pi. 4-3 (1850). 

 Garrulus iaponicus, Bp. Consp. i. p. .375; id. F. Z. 6'. 1850, p. 375; 



Cab. Mux. Ilcin. Th. i. p. 220 ; Schl. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. GO ; 



Dresser, B. Eur. art. Garrulus, part xx. 



Adult. Above deep vinaceous red, the forehead and fore part of 

 crown white, with broad central markings of black ; lores, feathers 

 round the eye, and a broad malar patch black ; ear-coverts and 

 sides of neck deep vinaceous red, like the back ; lower rump and 

 upper tail-coverts white ; tail brownish black, with scarcely any 

 remains of greyish blue bars near the base ; scapulars and wing- 

 coverts vinaceous, the median series waved near the tips with nar- 

 row bars of grey and chestnut ; greater series black, the exterior 

 ones barred extemally with cobalt-blue and bkick, the bastard wing 

 and primary-coverts entirely cobalt, barred with black ; quills black, 

 the primaries extemally ashy white, increasing in extent on the 

 outer web towards the outer feathers, the outer secondaries pure 

 white for the greater part of the exterior web, barred near the base 

 with cobalt -blue and black ; the inner secondaries black, like the 

 adjoining coverts, the last one chestnut on the inner web ; throat, 

 centre of abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts pure white, the 

 breast buff, tinged with vinaceous ; the sides of the body and under 

 wing-coverts deep vinaceous red. Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 

 ri5, wing 0-25, tail 5-G, tarsus 1-5. 



Hah. Japau. 



a. Ad. St. Japan. Purchased. 



h. Ad. sk. Nagasaki, Japan. Cnpt. St. John [C.J. 



e. Ad. sk. NagHsaki, Japan. J. Gould, Esq. 



