GARRULUS, 63 
Nidification. This Jay breeds in the Chin Hills in April and 
probably May between 3,500 and 5,000 feet. Mr. J. M. D. Mac- 
kenzie describes a nest as “a shallow cup in a low tree in scrub 
jungle on a steep hillside. It was placed about 10 feet up and 
made entirely of roots with a few scraps of moss outside. It 
measured externally 6” x 23", inside 42" x 2"'.” 
The eggs are like those of the Burmese Jay but the few I have 
seen average smaller, being about 29°5 x 23:1 mm. 
The hen sits very close and has literally to be driven from the 
nest. 
Habits. Messrs. Hopwood and Mackenzie found this Jay fairly 
common in the Chin Hills, keeping to hillsides with oak and scrub 
forest. Voice, flight and habits generally are in no way dis- 
tinguishable from other species of the same genus. They report 
this Jay as moving about fairly widely in the spring and autumn, 
visiting comparatively low valleys in the winter but always 
breeding at over +,000 feet. 
Garrulus bispecularis 
Key to Subspecies. 
A. The palest of all the forms. Throat vinaceous 
Wile dhea dhgewecc. sis! stows sae Kits Sees vn eee ees 6 G. b. bispecularis, p. 63. 
Bb. Darker and browner and less vinaceous; 
throat and lower breast about the same 
GOGGIN COE ee ee acre neti S hase tee G. b. interstinctus, p. 64. 
C. Still darker and browner; throat and breast 
ROMCOLOLOUS GF gaat arayctere volnsn o> egal Renenatans G.b. persaturatus, p. 65. 
D. Above very rich red-vinaceous; throat and 
sides of head much paler; forehead faintly 
Sirea wedi tenon nie eae ee outa ste chatatels G. b. haringtoni, p. 65. 
E. Above rich red-vinaceous; throat almost 
pure white and sides of head paler; fore- 
head faintly streaked... 26.6 e506 ac wees G. b. rufescens, p. 65. 
It is very doubtful whether the whole of the Garruli should not 
be treated as subspecies of the same species in so far as leucotis 
and bispecularis are concerned. Haringtont in many ways links 
up the white-eared forms with the dark-eared ones but the 
breeding areas still require to be carefully worked out and, until 
this is done, it seems desirable to keep them apart. 
The above key is a far from satisfactory one but may suflice to 
enable students who know whence their specimens come to 
identity them. 
(42) Garrulus bispecularis bispecularis, 
THe Himanayan Jay. 
Garrulus bispecularis Vigors, P. Z.8., 1831, p. 7 (Himalayas) ; 
Blanf. & Oates, 1, p. 39. 
I restrict the type-locality to Murree, Punjab. 
