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somewhat glossy. The ground varies from pale olive-white to dull 

 olive-grey, marked, especially towards the broader end, with a 

 greater or less number of rather small spots of umber-brown and 

 underlying lavender-grey. They measure from I'Ol to 1-1 in length, 

 and from '78 to -80 in breadth. 



2. N.E. Asia. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Dauria, Siberia. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Onon, Dauria, May (/?. Dybowski Crowley Bequest. 



$ A. Parrex : Tristram Coll.). 



1 . Amur. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Laid in captivity. Zoological Society of London 



[P.I 



Cyanopolius japonicus, Parrot. 

 (Plate XXII. figs. 11 & 12.) 



Cyauopica cyanus japonic*, Parrot, Oni. Monatsb. xiii. p. 26 (1905). 

 Cyanopolius japonicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 606 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Japanese Blue Magpie resemble those of C. ci/anus 

 in having the ground pale greyish-olive, while in two others it 

 is greenish-white ; all four specimens are marked with small 

 spots and blotches of dark brown and lilac-grey. They measure 

 respectively : 1-4 by -8 ; 1-2 by -82; 1-2 by -83 ; M by -81. 



2. Fujiyama, Hondo, Japan, 30th W. Rodclifie Saunders, Esq. 



May. [P.]. 



2. Fujiyama, 4th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[p.]. 



Cyanopolius swinhoei, Hartert. 



Cyanopolius cyanus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds JB. M. iii. p. 68 (1877) [part.]. 

 Cyanopoliufl cyanus swinhoei, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 24 (1903). 

 Cyauopolius swinhoei, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 606 (1909). 



Eggs of the Chinese Blue Magpie do not differ from those of 

 C. cyanus. 



3. China. J. Whitehead, Esq. fP.]. 

 3. China. J. Whitehead, Esq. [P.]. 

 1. Chin-Hang, Kiang-su, 20th May. C. B. Eickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Cyanopolius cooki (Bonap.). 



Corvus cyaneus, Thien. (nee Pall.) Fort.pjlan-z. ges. Vog. tab. xli. fig. 8 



(1845-54). 

 Cyauopica cooki, BaedeJter, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 15 (1855-63) ; 



Lilford, Ibis, 1866, p. 382, pi. x. figs. 3-8; Irby, Orn. Sir. 



Eyg* Birds Europe, pts. xi. & xii. p. 426, pi. 3. figs. 11-16 (1908). 



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