GBACULUS. 



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29. Graculus eremita. The Rnl-Ulled Chouyh. 



Corvus graculus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 158 (17C6). 

 COITUS eremita, Linn. >SV/,>Y. Ndt. i, p. 159 (17(36). 

 Fregilus graculus (Linn.), Blijth, Oaf. p. 91; Horsf. Sf M. Cat. ii, 



p. 549 ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 69 j Brooks, S. F. iv, p. 278 ; 



Hume $ Hinders. Lah. to Turk. p. 243. 

 Fregilus himalayanus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 125 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, 



p. 319; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 55. 

 Graculus graculus (Linn.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iii, p. 146. 

 Graculus eremita (Linn.), Hume, S. F. vii, pp. 149, 521; id. Cat. 



no. 079; Gates in Humes N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 31. 



The Himalayan Chouah, Jerd. ; Taar/h, Kandahar. 



Fig. 17. Head of G. eremita. 



Fig. 18. Foot of G. eremita. 



Coloration. The whole plumage glossy black. 

 Legs and feet vermilion-red ; claws black ; iris brown (Seebotim). 

 Length about 17'5; tail 6'5 ; wing 11-1 to 12'5 ; tarsus 2-2; 

 bill at front 2-1. 



The Himalayan bird cannot be separated from the European one 



