DENDKOCITTA. 



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very variable, and range from light chestnut and reddish-brown to 

 yellowish-umber or dark umber-brown, while the underlying shell- 

 markinj;s are grey or lilac-grey. In some clutches the markings 

 arc rather faint and distributed all over the shell, but generally 

 more numerous towards the larger end ; in the majority, however, 

 the markings are more or less concentrated towards one end, usuallv 

 the larger, and in the more heavily spotted examples form a zone 

 or cap. The markings vary much in shape, in some eggs they take 

 the form of large irregular spots and small blotches, while in others 

 only small rounded spots are to be seen. They vai'y in length from 

 l*i to 1"2, and in breadth from -72 to -89, 



[North- West Provinces.] 



^^^ Uadcliffe Saunders, I']sq. 



Dendrocitta frontalis, McCIell. 



Dendrocitta frontalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 78 (1877) ; Oates, 

 Faun. Brit. Bid., Birds, i. p. 33 (1889); Htuart Baker, Journ. 

 Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii. p. 1G6 (1893); id.. Ibis, 189.5, p. 41 ; id., 

 Ibis, 1906, p. 8.5; Sharjjc, Haiid-l. v. p. (307 (1909); Xc/irk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 360 (1910). 



