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iii, p. 76; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Avcs, p. 591 ; Hume, Cat. 

 no. 074 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 402 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 252 ; 

 Hume, S. F. xi, p. 259 ; Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 19. 

 Dendrocitta pallida ( /?/.), Myth, Cat. p. 336; Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, 

 p. 568 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 3l5 ; Hume, Cat. no. 675. 



The* Common Indian Magpie, Jerd. ; Maha-lat, Hind., Kotri, Hind, in 

 Bengal ; Takka-chor, Handi-chacha, Beng. ; Mahtab and Chand, Sind ; 

 Gokurayi, Konda-Kati-yadu, Tel. ; Mootri, Lucknow ; Kashkussi, Cachar ; 

 Kola Khoa, Assam. 



Coloration. The whole head and neck with the breast sooty 

 brown ; remainder of the body-plumage bright fulvous, darker on 

 the back and scapulars ; wing-coverts greyish white ; wings dark 

 brown, the outer webs of the tertiaries and later secondaries grey ; 

 tail ashy grey, broadly tipped with black. 



The young are duller in colour than the adults, the head is 

 lighter brown, and the tail-feathers are tipped with light buff. 



Iris reddish brown ; bill slaty horn-colour, albescent at the base ; 

 mouth flesh-colour ; eyelids plumbeous ; legs dark brown ; claws 

 horn-colour. 



Length up to about 18 ; tail up to 12'5 ; wing up to 6'7 ; tarsus 

 1-3 ; bill from gape 1*3. Himalayan birds are much larger than 

 those from other parts. 



Distribution. The whole of India and Burma from Kashmir to 

 Travancore and from Assam to Tenasserim as far as Mergui. 

 This bird ascends the Himalayas and hill-ranges up to 7000 feet, 

 and it inhabits the plains at the level of the sea. 



Habits, $c. Breeds from April to July and probably later in the 

 year, constructing a cup-shaped nest, near the top of a large tree, 

 of thorny twigs lined with grass. The eggs, usually five in num- 

 ber, vary much in colour, being salmon-colour or pale greenish 

 white marked with bright red, brownish red, purple or olive- 

 brown ; they measure 1'17 by *87. 



1 7. Dendrocitta leucogastra. The Southern Tree-pie. 



Dendrocitta leucogastra, Gould, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 57 ; id. Trans. Z. S. 

 i, p. 89, pi. 12 ; Blyth, Cat. p. 91 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, p. 570 ; Jerd. 

 B. I. ii, p. 317 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 424 ; id. S. F. iv, p. 402 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. M. iii, p. 79; Hume, Cat. no. 678; Davison, S. F. x, 

 p. 400 ; Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. i, p. 22. 



Coloration. Forehead, anterior half of crown, sides of the head, 

 chin, throat, upper breast and thighs black ; hinder part of crown, 

 nape, hind neck, lower breast, abdomen, and upper tail-coverts white ; 

 back, scapulars and rump chestnut-bay ; under tail-coverts chest- 

 nut ; wings black, the primaries with a large patch of white at their 

 base; central tail-feathers grey, broadly tipped black; the next 

 pair half grey and half black ; the remainder nearly entirely black. 



Bill black ; legs and feet dull black ; iris deep brown (Davison}. 



Length about 19; tail 12; wing 5'6; tarsus 1*2; bill from 

 gape 1-1. 



