GAKRULUS. 59 



Distribution. Tenasserim, S.W. Siam, Malay Peninsula and 

 Sumatra. 



Nidification. The nests were first obtained by Davison and again 

 quite recently by Messrs. Hopwood and Mackenzie in Tenasserim. 

 They are rough, heavy affairs of twigs, roots, etc., cup-shaped with 

 a shallow internal hollow. They are placed in tall bushes, small 

 trees or palms some 6 to 8 feet from the ground. The eggs 

 number two or three and are exactly like big eggs of Gissa cJii- 

 nensis. They measure about 33'5 x 23- 1 mm. 



The breeding season appears to be March and April. 



Fig. 14. Head of P. leucopterus. 



Habits. According to Davison ' this species keeps entirely to 

 the forests, going about usually in parties of from four to six. 

 They have a deep, rolling, metallic note, which they continually 

 utter as they move from tree to tree. I have never seen them on 

 the ground; they probably get their food, which consists of 

 insects, and, occasionally at any rate, of fruit, amongst the trees. 

 They are excessively restless and always on the move, flying from 

 tree to tree, generally at a considerable height and continually 

 uttering their harsh, metallic call. They restrict themselves to the 

 evergreen forests, never, that I am aware, coming into the gardens 

 or open ground." 



Hopwood says they are common about Tavoy and that they are 

 not shy. 



Genus GARRULUS Briss., 1760. 



The genus Garrulus contains the True Jays, of which there are 

 numerous species in Europe and Asia, three species and several 

 subspecies being found within the limits of the Indian Empire. 

 These Indian Jays are resident species but may be partially 

 migratory to the extent of moving up and down the slopes of the 

 mountains according to season. 



The Jays are birds of bright plumage, the wing especially 

 being marked with vivid blue. They are not exactly gregarious 

 but often three or four are found together. 



