48 CORVIDA. 
Dendrocitta rufa. 
This species extends over a very wide area and, as might be 
expected, varies greatly in different portions of its range, though 
their variations have until now been almost entirely ov erlooked.. 
Lanius rufus of Linné*, the name which has generally been 
accepted as applicable to this bird, cannot be used as it is pre- 
occupied by him in an earlier page of the same work. Curiously 
enough, however, Latham * independently named it Corvus rufus 
a few years later from a bird obtained on the Malabar coast, so 
the name rufus will, therefore, still hold good. 
Fig. 11.—Head of D. rufa rufa. 
Key to Subspecies. 
A. Colours of head and back contrasting 
strongly. 
a. Lighter both above and below and not 
nearly so richly coloured ......,..... D. rufa rufa, p. 48. 
6. Darker and more richly coloured above and 
DELOW | Mi wainoues sre mlets implies nantes D. r. vagabunda, p. 50. 
B. Colours of head and back blending with one 
another. 
e. Tail 195 to 241 mm.; dark dull plumage. 
a’. Darker, more brown................ D. 7. saturatior, p. 51. 
Paleriand med der sense D. 7. kinneart, p. ol. 
d. Tail 242 to 287 mm.; pale dull plumage D. 1. sclateri, p. 50. 
(26) Dendrocitta rufa rufa. 
THe Inptan TREE-PIE. 
Corvus rufus Latham, Ind. Orn., p. 161 (1790) (Malabar Coast). 
Dendrocitta rufa. Blanf..& Oates, i, p. 30. 
* Lanius rufus Linné, Syst. Nat., i, 1766. 
Corvus rufus Lath. Ind. Oru., p. 161, 1790. 
The description given is very poor, but it is founded on Sonnerat’s plate, 
vol. ii, p. 161,‘ Voyage de Sonnerat,’ and cannot be mistaken. Although called 
“de Chine” it was apparently obtained on the Malabar Coast. On p. 171 
Latham describes C. vagabunda and here lays stress on the black head and red 
back, evidently having obtained a N.E. Indian bird, possibly from the vicinity 
of Caleutta. 
