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669,— Garrulus bispecularis, Vig. 



Male, Maj/.— Length, 12-5 ; expanse, 19*5 ; wing, 6'4 ; 

 tail, 5-8 ; tarsus, 1-4 ; bill from gape, 1-25 ; bill at front, 0*92 ; 

 closed wings short of tail, 2 7. 



Female, i/aj^.— Length, 12-25 ; expanse, 19 ; wing, 6'3 ; 

 tail, 5-5; tarsus, 1-4 ; bill from gape, 1'25 ; bill at front, 0-95 ; 

 closed wings short of tail, 2"35. 



Bill dusky or blackish horny ; margin of eyelids dull brick 

 red J irides brown and reddish brown ; feet pale pinkish fleshy ; 

 claws livid. 



Dr. Jerdon does not mention the fine maroon patch on the inner 

 part of the wing in this species. 



I only found this handsome Jay in the Sheopuri Forest, in 

 May and June, at an elevation of about 7,000 feet. It was 

 found singly or in pairs feeding amidst dense bushes near the 

 path, and, on being disturbed, it flew up into the nearest tree ; 

 it was not common. 



671. — ^Urocissa occipitalis, Blp. 



Four males, Mai/ — Juli/. — Length, 26 to 28 ; expanse, 24 to 

 25-5; wing, 7-9 to 8-3 ; tail, 17-8 to 19-1 ; tarsus, 1-8 to 2 ; 

 bill from gape, 1*65 to 1 '7 ; bill at front, 1*45 to 1*5 ; closed 

 wings short of tail, 14 to 158. 



Three females, May — July. — Length, 25*8 to 26 ; expanse, 23 

 to 24; wing, 7 -7 to 7-8 ; tail, 17 to 18; tarsus, 1-7 to 2 ; bill 

 from gape, 1*65 to 1-7 ; bill at front, 1-4 to 1-45 ; closed wings 

 short of tail, 14 to 14"6. 



Bill coral red, orange at tip ; orbital skin fleshy yellow ; irides 

 brown in three specimens, in the others not noted ; feet bright 

 orange red, or coral red. 



Three young birds, July, August and Octoher.—''Lieng^, 20*3 

 to 20-7; expanse, 23 to 24 ; wing, 7-4 to 7-8; tail, 11-8 to 12 ; 

 tarsus, 1*6 to 1"9; bill from gape, 163 and 1*66 ; bill at front, 

 1-34 and 1*4; closed wings short of tail, 8*2 to 9*0. 



Bill yellow along culmen and at tip, the rest livid, or dusky 

 in parts ; irides brown ; feet orange; claws dusky. 



I have compared these birds with a large series of occipitalis, 

 and with a few specimens of so-called magnirostris from 

 Burmah, in Mr. Hume's museum, after reading all that has 

 been written about the latter form. Certainly if magnirostris 

 be distinct, some of my specimens would have to be referred to 

 it ; but I venture to think that magnirostris may be safely 

 and profitably considered a synonym of occipitalis. The only 

 supposed constant differences by which the Burmese race could 

 be separated from the Himalayan, have been narrowed down 



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