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693. Eulabes intermedia, A. Hay. 



Gracula, apud Hay, Madras Journal, XUI. ]56, and J. A. S. 

 XV. 32. — G. religiosa, apud Sundevall — Blyth, Cat. 570 — 

 HoKSF., Cat. 797. — Paharia-maina, H. 



The Nepal Hill Myna. 



Descr. — Larger than the last, but the colors similar. The 

 bill is larger, deeper, and stronger, and much wider at tlie base, 

 and less flattened ; the naked skin is broader where it begins 

 below the eye, and the patch of feathers is differently shaped ; 

 the loose flap too is smaller, and it is not continued back to the 

 top of the head. 



Bill deep orange ; wattles bright yellow ; irides dark brown ; legs 

 dusky yellow. Length 10| inches ; wing 6^; tail not quite 3; 

 tarsus 1^ ; bill at front 1 ; height ^. 



The Hill j\Iyna of Northern India is found all along the lower 

 ranges of the Himalayas, extending into Assam and Burmah, as 

 far as Tenasserim certainly. It does not ascend to an}- height 

 on the Himalayas, keeping to the Terai, and the warmer valleys. 

 Its habits and manners do not differ from those of the last. 

 It is taken, when young, in large numbers, in the Nepal Terai, and 

 other parts, and sold at IMonghyr and elsewhere. It is 

 easily tamed, and learns to speak with great facility and 

 accuracy. 



E. ijtilogenys, Blyth, from Ceylon, differs in only having the 

 loose flap of skin, the rest of the cheeks being feathered. E. 

 javanensis is found in the Nicobars, Malacca, and the islands. It 

 is still larger than the Nepal bird, and has a stronger bill, about 

 — inch deep, with the wattles less developed, but the lappets larger. 



Bonaparte has Grac venerafa, Temm., from Sumbava, with a 

 lengthened and slender bill. An interesting form, nearly rela- 

 ted, is found in Burmah, Ampeliceps coronatus, Blyth. It has 

 the top of the head and throat yellow, as well as the 

 wing-spot. 



Other allied forms are Mhw, from New Guinea, barely distinct 

 from Eulabes ; and Gymnops, from the Philij)pines ; and those very 

 remarkable birds, Eiwdes erythroplirys^ and perhaps Scissirostrum 



