100 CORVID^. 



quills black, tlie primaries margined with whity brown towards the 

 tip, the secondaries barred with black and cobalt, the innermost 

 deep chestnut at the base ; all the feathers of the bastard wing, the 

 primar3'-coverts, and the outermost greater coverts barred with black 

 and cobalt, exactly like the secondaries, but much narrower ; tail 

 black ; bill blackish horny, whitish at tip ; feet whitish horny ; iris 

 wood-brown. Total length 12-5 inches, culmen 1-25, wing 6-7, 

 tail 5-7, tarsus 1-6. 



Hah. Burmese countries. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Touglioo, Biirmah, Nov. 17,1874 Marquess of Tweeddale 

 ( TVardlaw Ramsay) . [P.] . 



10. Garrulus bispecularis. 



Garrulus bispecularis, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 7 ; Gould, Cent. 



Himnl. B. pi. 38 ; Royle, Himal. pi. — ; Hodgs. in Graifs Zool. 



Misc. p. 84; Bp. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 82; id. Consp. i."p. 376; 



Vab. Mhs. Hein. Th. i. p. 220 ; Horsf. li,- Moore, Cat. B. Mas. 



KI. Co. ii. p. 579 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 307 ; Schl. Mm. P. B. 



Coraces, p. 60 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 3 ; Menders. ^ Hume, 



Laliore to Yark. p. 242 ; Hume, Nests and Bggs Ind. B. p. 416. 

 Garrulus oniatus, J. E. Graij, in Hardw. Hi. Ind. Zool. i. pi. 23, 



fig. 2 ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p." 306 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 31 ; id. 



Cut. B. Mm. A. S. B. p. 04 ; David, N. Arch. Mas. vii. Bull. p. 9. 



Adult. General colour vinaceous fawn-colour, much paler on the 

 forehead and nasal bristles, which incline to isabelline ; a broad 

 malar streak of black ; under surface of body pale vinaceous fawn- 

 colour, the throat and abdomen inclining to isabelline ; thighs 

 whitish ; upper and under tail-coverts white ; least wing-coverts 

 vinaceous chestnut, deeper on the median coverts, which are ashy 

 black at base, the outermost having some transverse rays of grey ; 

 bastard wing barred with black and cobalt ; primary-coverts ex- 

 ternally barred with black and cobalt ; rest of the coverts velvety 

 black, the innermost of all chestnut, with a black tip; quills black, 

 the primaries white along the outer edge, the secondaries also exter- 

 nally barred with cobalt for about two thirds of the outer web ; tail 

 black, with a few indications of grey bars near the base ; " bill 

 dusky horny ; logs dull yellowish ; iris red-brown " (Jerdon). 

 Total lengih 12 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 6"35, tail 6% tarsus 1-55. 



Obs. Specimens from the Xorth-western Himalayas are rather 

 paler on the head and ha,ve longer bills than those from Nepal and 

 Sikkim. 



Hah. Himalaya Mountains. 



Major-General Hardwicke [P.], 

 J. Gould, Esq. 



B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



Purchased. 



('apt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 



Purchased. 



