446 Mr. C. Ingram on the 



7Q. Garrulus brandti Eversm. Brandt's Jay. 



Tacz. p. 509; Dresser, p. 413; Hart. p. 33. 



a,h. S ^ • Khingan Mts., alt. 3700 ft. May 8, 1908. 



c. ? . Hei-li Ho Forests, Chang Pei-shan. July 7, 

 1886. 



d. S ■ Ninguta. (Oct. 26.) 



€. ? . Near 0-mo-so. (Nov. 18.) 



/. ? . Chang Tsai Ling. (Nov. 19.) 



Iris greyish-blue ; feet brown ; bill black. 



Going through a large series of this Jay, I find that it 

 shews a strong tendency to become generally paler and larger 

 towards the eastern side of its range. Compared with speci- 

 mens from the neighbourhood of Krasnoyarsk, my birds 

 have the heads light foxy-brown instead of dark chestnut, 

 the difference being especially marked towards the base of 

 the bill and on the nasal plumes, the latter being sandy 

 white in my specimens. The wing-measurements of the 

 Manchurian birds average about 6*9 in. (in the largest male 

 7-35 in.). 



Examples from the mouth of the Amur and Hokkaido 

 agree perfectly with mine. 



Brandt's Jay is probably a resident species in Manchuria. 



77. Cyanopica cyanus (Pallas). Eastern Blue Magpie. 

 Hart. p. 23. 



Cyanopolius cyanus Tacz. p. 511 ; Dresser, p. 416. 

 a. ? . (Lo-chuan K'ou Valley.) June 19, 1886. 

 h. S ' Lao-sung Lung. (Oct. 30) 1886. 

 c. ? . Hun-chuu. (Nov.) 1886. 

 Iris brown ; feet black (E. J.) . 



78. Pica bactriana Bp. Eastern Magpie. 

 Hart. p. 21. 



Pica leucopterus Gould, B. of Asia, vol. v. ; Dresser, 

 p. 418. 



a-d, ? ? ? cJ . Chan-chun, Kirin Province. July 5-13, 

 1908. 



