31b BIRDS or INDIA. 



black, as is the half of the 5th pair, and the base of the 4th ; belly 

 white ; lower tail-coverts pale chesnut ; bill short, not so deep 

 as in the last ; tail very long. 



Bill black ; legs and feet dark plumbeous ; irides blood red. 

 Length 19 inches ; wing 5| ; tail 12 ; bill at front 1 ; tarsus 1^^. 

 This long»tailed Magpie, the handsomest of the tribe, is only 

 found in some of the jungles of the Malabar Coast. I have seen 

 it most abundant in the Wynaad ; on the slopes of the Xeilgherries 

 up to 5,000 feet and upwards ; also in Coorg and Travancore. Those 

 which I killed had eaten fruit only. It has a loud call like others 

 of the genus. 



Another species, D. rufigastra, has lately been described by Gould 

 from Southern Asia ; and D. occipitalis, MiilL, from Sumatra, 

 is recorded in Bonaparte's Conspectus. Others of this/amily are 

 7'emia variatis, from Burmah, with ten tail feathers, the central 

 pair enlarged at the tip, and somewhat curled up as in the 

 Drongos ; also a new species of the same genus found by myself in 

 Upper Pegu, Temia cucullata. Glancopis leucopterus, PI. Col. 265 ; 

 Gl. temmirus PI. Col. 337, both from Malacca; and G. aterrinms, 

 Temm., from Borneo, are nearly related. Ptilostomiis, from 

 Africa, with two species, is referred here by Gray and others. 



Sub-fam. Fregilin^e, Swainson. 



Syn. Pyrrl 10 cor acinar, Gray. 



Bill more or less lengthened, slender and arched, slightly notched 

 at the tip in some, and brightly coloured ; nares covered with 

 dense silky plumes ; wings long and pointed ; tail moderately 

 long ; tarsi stout, and lateral toes equal. 



This sub -family contains only two genera, both of which are 

 European, but are also found in the higher slopes of the Hima- 

 layas. In their habits they closely resemble Crows and Jackdaws, 

 arc more or less gregarious, and nidificate in rocks, or on high 

 buildings. They are nearly related to the Crows, into which 

 they appear to grade, and should properly have followed them. 



Gen. Fregilus, Cuvier. 

 Char. — Bill long, slender, arched, compressed ; the tip entire ; 

 nostrils covered with setaceous plumes ; wings long, somewhat 

 pointed ; 4th and oth quills longest ; tar^i strong, robust ; tail square. 



