5. BUCHANGA. 



24; 



macrocercm applies particularly to the Javan bird) from B. atra and 

 1 therefore unite the two. B. cathoeca seems to me to be also indis- 

 tinguishable as a species, Mr. Swinhoe's characters not holding ffood 

 in the specimens which have fallen under my notice. A Chinese 

 example in the Museum measures— total length 11-5 inches, cul- 

 men 0-9, mng 6-15, tail 4-7, to tip of outer feather 6-3, tarsus 0-85 

 Again, a Cey onese specimen {B. minor) gives the following dimen- 

 8ions_total length 9-8 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 5-05, tail 3-4, to 

 tip of outer feather 5-5, tarsus 0-85. It is much of the same si^e 

 as a. assimihs, but has the large bill of B. atra. 



ro'^"^"nT^'' whole of India and Ceylon (smaller); Indo-Chinese 

 region, China, and Formosa ; Java. 



a. Ad. st. 



b. J' ad. St. 



c. $ juv. St. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Jun. sk. 

 /. Imm. sk. 

 ff, h. Ad. sk. 

 i. Juv. sk. 

 k, I. Ad. sk. 

 m-q. Ad. sk. 

 r, s. Juv. sk. 

 t. Ad. sk. 



M, V, w. Ad. s 



a. B. macrocerca. 



z. d ad. sk. 



a', d ad. sk. 

 b'. 2 ad. sk. 



c, (V. Ad. sk. 

 e'. Ad. sk. 

 /'. S ad. sk. 



India. 



India. 



India. 



India. 



India. 



Madras. 



Kamptee, C. P. 



Kamptee, C. P. 



Be bar. 



Nepal. 



Nepal. 



Gangaotri, Himalayas. 



N. W. Himalayas. 



x,y. Juv. sk. N.W. Himalayas. 



g'. Ad., h'. Juv. sk. 

 »■, k'. Juv. sk. 



Bhamo, Upper Burmah, 



Sept. 9, 1868. 

 Sanda, May 15, 1868. 

 Mungla, Sanda valley, 



May 22, 1868. 

 Tenasserim. 

 Pegu. 

 Bangkok, Siam, May 30, 



IS72 (Conrad). 



p. B. cathceca. 



I', d imm. sk. 



China. 

 Formosa. 



y. B. minor. 



Jaffna, Cevlon, Jan. ]. 

 1873. ■ 



Dr. Bm-ns [P.]. 

 Hon. E.I. Co. [P.]. 

 Rev. H. H. Baber fP.]. 

 Dr. B. Hinde TP.]. 

 Dr. B. Hinde [P.]. 

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

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 'P, 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 'P. 



Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



^ LP-]- 



Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



JP.]. 



Dr. Anderson [C.]. 



Dr. Anderson [CI. 

 Dr. Anderson [C.J. 



J. C. D. Packman, Esq. [P ] 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Capt. Blakiston [C.]. 

 R. Swinboe, E.sq. [C.]. 



Capt. W. Vincent Leffo-e, 

 R.A. [P.]. 



Subsp. a. Buchanga assiinilis. 



Corvus afer Zicht. Cat. Rev. Nat. Hamh. p. 10 (nee Linn ^ 



