CTAXOl'OI.lUS. -431 



somewhat jjlossy. The ground varies from pale olive-wliite to dull 

 olive-grey, marked, especially towards the broader end, with a 

 greater or less number of rather small spots of umber-brown and 

 underlying lavender-grey. They measure from 1"01 to l^l in length, 

 and from "78 to '80 in breadth. 



2. X.E. Asia. Crowley Bequest. 

 1 . Rauria, Siberia. Oowley Bequest. 

 1. Onon, Dauria, Mny {B. Di/boicski Crowley Bequest. 



(^ A. Parrex : Tristram Coll.). 

 1 . Amur. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Laid in captivitv. Zoological Societv of Loudon 



[P.]. 



Cyanopolius japonicus, Parrot. 



(Plate XXIL figs. 11 & 12.) 



Cyanopica cyanus japonica, Parrot, Orn. Monatsb. xiii. p. 2G (1905). 

 Cyanopolius japonicus, Hharjje, Hand-l. v. p. 606 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Japanese Elue ^fagpie resemble those of C. cyanus 

 in having the ground pale greyish-olive, while in two others it 

 is greenish-white ; all four specimens are marked with small 

 spots and blotches of dark brown and lilac-grey. They measure 

 respectively : 1-4 by -8 ; 1-2 by -82; 1-2 by -83; I'l by -81. 



L'. Fiijivama, Hondo, Japan, 30th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



May. [P.]. 



1. Fujivama, 4th Jime. ^^'. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Cyanopolius swinhoei, Hartert. 



Cyanopolius cyanus, Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. M. iii. p. 68 (1877) [part.]. 

 Cyanopolius cj'anus swinhoei, Ilarte?-f, Vfig. pal. Faun. i. p. 24 (1903). 

 Cyanopolius swinhoei, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 606 (1909). 



Eggs of the Chinese Blue Magpie do not differ from those of 

 C. cijanus. 



3. China. J. Whitehead, Esq. TP.]. 



3. China. J. Whitehead, Esq. [P.]. 



]. Chin-kiang, Kiang-su, 29th May. C. B. liickeit, Esq. [P.]. 



Cyanopolius cooki (Bonnp.). 



Corvus cvaneus, Thien. {nee Pall.) Fortpjlanz. yes. Viig. tab. xli. fig. 8 

 (1845-54). 



Cyanopica cooki, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Toff. tab. 50. fig. 15 (1855-63); 

 Lilford, Ibis, 1866, p. 382, pi. x. figs. 3-8; Irhi/, Orn. Str. 

 Gibraltar, p. 82 (1895) ; yetcfov, Oofheca IFullei/nna, pt. ii. p. 495 

 (1902): Dres-^er, Man. Pal. Bird.s, i. p. 416 ("1902); Bet/, Eier 

 Viig. Milteleurop. i. p. 376. taf. 125. figs. 12-16 (li)04) ; Dresner, 

 Eggs Birds Europe, pts. xi. & xii. p. 426, pi. 3. figs. 11 16 (1908). 



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