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Sir. F. viii. p. 106 ; Ing I is, Sir. F. ix. p. 256 ; Oates, Sir. F. x. p. 231 ; Gates, 

 B. Br. Burmah i. p. 395. The YELLOW-CROWNED MYNAH. 



Entire head, chin and throat bright yellow ; rest of the plumage glossy 

 black ; 2nd to 7th primaries with a yellow patch on the outer webs, and the 

 1st six with a white patch on the inner webs. 



The young have not the yellow head. Bill pale orange ; gape bluish; mouth 

 livid; irides dark brown ; orbital ring yellow, tinged with orange; legs dull 

 orange. 



Length. 8-5 inches ; wing 5 ; tail 2'4; tarsus I ; bill from gape i*i. 



Sab. British Burmah ; Kyakpadien, China-ka-beer, Tonghoo and 

 Tenasserim from Moulmein to Tavoy. It has also been recorded from 

 Cachar. Mr. Davison found its nest in April near Tavoy on a low range of 

 hills in a hole in the branch of a large dry tree 20 feet from the ground. The 

 nest was composed, he says, of coarse dry grass, mixed with dried leaves, twigs 

 and bits of bark. 



Gen. Gracupica. Less. 



930. Gracupica nigricollis (Pqyk.\ David et Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 364 ; Hume, Str. F. ix. p. 288 ; Oates, B. Br. Burmah i. p. 377. Gra- 

 cula nigricollis, Payk., Act. Holm, xxviii. t. ix. (1766). The BLACK-NECKED 

 MYNAH. 



Whole head white, encircled by a broad ('75 to 1*2 inch) black collar, 

 followed by a demicollar of broadly white-margined black feathers ; back, 

 scapulars, upper rump and the longer tail coverts dark brown, edged paler ; 

 lower rump and shorter tail coverts white ; tail dark brown, broadly tipped 

 with white ; under surface of the body (the black collar excepted) white ; under 

 wing coverts black, tipped with white ; primary coverts white ; wings and other 

 coverts dark brown, the feathers tipped with white ; very minutely on the 

 primaries. 



In the young the whole head and collar space is light brown. Nude orbital 

 skin bright yellow. {Oates.) 



Length. \\ inches; wing 6- 3; fail 4 ; tarsus r6; culmen ri. 



Hab. Southern China, Siam and Cochin China, extending upwards to Upper 

 Burmah, where it was procured at Bhamo by Dr. Anderson. It has also been 

 procured in Tenasserim. 



Family . PiTTiDyE. 



Bill strong, moderately long or nearly as long as the head, culmen convex 

 slightly curved ; nasal aperture basal, oblong, covered by membrane ; tarsus 

 long, seldom equal or longer than the tail. Plumage brilliant, They nidifi- 

 cate in open nests and lay spotted eggs. 

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