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671 bis.-— Urocissa magnirostris, Blyth. (2). Descr. 

 S. F., III., 144 



(Tonglioo, Karennee, Earns.) Pahpoon, Salween R. 



Sparingly distributed alike in the plains and hills of the 

 northern half of the province. 



[I only met with this Blue Pie occasionally a few times about 

 Pahpoon where I obtained two specimens, and again at Wim- 

 pong near Thatone, where 1 failed to secure any specimens. 

 I found them in small parties keeping about in moderately thin 

 tree jungle. They have a harsh Jay-like voice. When flying 

 from place to place, they follow each other in a long string one 

 behind the other. I found them excessively shy birds. — W. D.] 



I have seen very few of this species, but Lieutenant Ramsay 

 says : — 



" I have compared a very large series of this bird from 

 Burma with nearly as large a series from the Himalayas. Al- 

 though many of the Burmese specimens have the enormous 

 bill on which Blyth chiefly founded the species, several fine 

 specimens, from exactly the same localities, have the bill quite 

 as small, if not smaller than Himalayan examples. 



" The only constant point of difference between the Burmese 

 and Indian birds is in the colouring of the bill, feet, and hides 

 as pointed out by Mr. Hume on Captain Feilden's authority! 

 (S. F., III., p. 145). *' 



" Mr. Blyth, in his original description of U. magnirostris, 

 states that it has the wing more richly coloured than U. occipi- 

 talis ; but I have seen a good specimen of the latter bird with 

 plumage in all respects as fine as the best of my Burmese 

 skins." 



673— Cissa chinensis, Bodd. (28). 



{Tonglioo, Karen Hills, Rams.) Kollidoo ; Pahpoon ; Binzaway : Theinzeik • 

 Thatone ; Meetan ; Amherst ; Yea ; Meeta Myo. 



Confined to the thinner jungle and forests of the northern 

 and central portions of the province, but not ascendino- the 

 higher hills. 



[This bird is far more closely allied in habits to Garrulaoa 

 than to the Jays. It is almost always found associated with 

 flocks of G. belangeri, G. moniliger, &c, hunting about on the 

 ground with them, and, in fact, behaving in every way just 

 as they do. It has a harsh grating note. Its distribution is 

 quite that of G. moniliger. I have found it as far south at 

 Tavoy, but it probably extends somewhat further south. At 

 Mergui or to the south of that place, it certainly does not 

 occur.— W. D.] 



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