1922.] the Birds of Sind. 537 



The determination of the Sind birds led me to f'xamine all 

 the Indian specimens — a fine series of over 150 — in the 

 British Museum, and it is evident that more than one race 

 occurs. I divide them up as follo\vs : — 



1. Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda Lath. Index 

 Orn. i. 1790, p. 171. Type-loc. : Calcutta. 



Bengal, Assam, Bhutan, and Buxa Doars (wing 145-1(11) ; 

 Nepal (118-155) ; Burma (Upper and Lower) (138-165) ; 

 United Provinces, (-entral Provinces, and Boml)ay Pres. 

 south of Narbada (142-160) ; Travancore and Nilgiris (135- 

 152); Mysore and Madras (140-152); Siam ? 147-150 

 (only very few adults thence). 



These vary a good deal in the coloration of upper and 

 under parts, but over its very wide range I cannot see that 

 more than one form is present, but it is noticeable that 

 the birds from southern India do not run quite as large 

 as elsewhere, though many from the rest of the range of 

 distribution are equally small. 



Over 100 specimens examined. Wing 135-165 mm. 



2. Dendrocitta vagabunda pallida (Blyth) J. A. S. B. 

 XV. 1846, p. 30. Type-loc. : Simla. 



N.W. Himalaya (Kumaon, Gharwal, Dehra Dun, Simla) 

 (152-176), Sind, Rajputana, Punjab, and N.W. Frontier 

 Prov. (152-170). 



As Blyth states, these are " paler ; back and scapulars 

 isabelline with a tinge of dusky, but devoid of rufous tinoe; 

 rump paler, belly and lower tail-coverts pure isabelline or 

 buff crenm-colour." I cannot agree with him, however, that 

 they are smaller; as shown in the above measurements they 

 average considerably larger. Hume (S. F. i. p. 206) renuirked 

 on the superior size of the Sind birds, but also said they 

 "are dark like the generality of Upper Indian birds,"' 

 I cannot distinguish any difference between these north- 

 west Indian birds and birds from Simla, etc., and nearly 

 every one can be picked out at a glance from Ben<>al 

 birds. 



About 25 specimens examined. Wing 152-176 mm. 



