o2 COltVlB.l^. 



Colours of soft parts. Bill black, legs and feet duller black; iris 

 brown to red-bro\Mi. 



Measurements. Length about 475 mm.; tail 250 to 300 mm.; 

 wing about 140 to 155 mm.; tarsus about 30mm. and culmen 

 about 25 mm. 



Distribution. Southern India from South Travancore to the 

 ^\Y3Miaad. McMaster records a specimen from ChiKalda in the 

 Gawilgarh Hills, appai-ently a straggler only. It keeps principally 

 to the western coast. 



Nidification. JNTest and eggs of this bird were taken by Bour- 

 dillon in March and by Mr. J. Stewart from February to May and 

 again in August, and the latter gentleman informs me that they 

 breed twice in the year. The nest is similar to that of the preceding 

 bird and is placed in small trees and high bushes but it is always 

 built in heavy forest and never near villages. Three eggs only 

 are most often laid but four is not uncommon and sometimes two 

 only are incubated. In general appearance thej' cannot be 

 separated from those of himaJaj/ensis, described below. 



Fifty eggs average 28-2 x 20-5 mm. 



Habits. Found frou) tlie foot of the lulls up to about 5,000 feet, 

 generally below 3,000 feet. Tbe flight, voice and genei\il habits 

 are like those of the Common Indian Tree-pie but this bird is 

 essentially an inhabitant of heavy forest and shuns the immediate 

 vicinity of mankind. 



Dendrocitta sinensis. a^coc^.^ 



JiTcy to Suhspeciis. 



A. Centnil tail-leathers pale grey, with no 



black tip D. s. sinensis. 



B. Central tail-feathers darker grey, Avitli a 



black tip. 

 a. Paler and brighter in colour ; vent 



and centre of abdomen almost wliite. I), s. himalcnjensis, p. 52. 

 h. Darker and duller in colour ; vent 



and centre of abdomen ashy D.s. aisiuiilis, p. 53. 



(32) Dendrocitta sinensis himalayensis. 



The HniALAi'AX Tuee-i-ie. 



Dendrocitta himalayensis Blyth, Cat., p. 92 (18G5) (Himalayas); 

 lilaiif. & Oiites, i, p. o2. 



Vernacular names. Kolcia-Kah (at ]\Lussoorie) ; Karrlo-pho 

 (Lepcha) ; Karriah-han (Bhutea); Kol-Jong-ah (Assam) ; Dao-l-a- 

 liuic (Caehari); Tnrui-ko-L-inlc (Naga). 



Description. Forehead, lores and feathers above the eye black; 

 sides of the head, chin and throat dark sooty-brown, fading and 

 spreading over the si'des of the neck and breast; crown of the 

 head, nape and upper back ashy; back and scapulars clear brown- 

 ish Duff; ruran and upper tail-coverts ashy ; wings and their coverts 



