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brown blotches and spots, somewhat thickly clustered at the larger 

 end. It is doubtful if it is also an inhabitant of China, as its name 

 would imply. 



677. Dendrocitta frontalis, McLelland. 



P. Z. S. 1839— D. altirostris, Blyth, Cat. 465— Horsf., Cat. 

 851 — Hamshi-bon, Lepch. — Kolio-ko, Bhot. 



The Black-browed Magpie. 



Descr. — Forehead, top of head, ear-coverts, throat and foreneck, 

 deep black ; wings and tail also black ; wing-coverts (except 

 those of the primaries) pure ash grey; the occiput, rest of 

 the neck, breast and belly, whitish grey ; the back, scapulars, 

 upper and lower tail-coverts, vent and flanks, bright ferruginous or 

 chesnut ; the tibial feathers mixed grey and rufous. 



Bill and feet black; irides brown red. Length 15 inches ; wing 

 5| ; tail 9^ ; bill at front 1, f deep ; tarsus 1. The bill is some- 

 what shorter, and much deeper than in the other species ; the claws 

 too are longer. 



This Magpie is found only, in our province, in the South-eastern 

 Himalayas, in the east of Nepal, and in Sikhim ; it also occurs in 

 Assam, where the original specimens were obtained. I found it 

 near Darjeeling at from 3,000 to 5,000 feet of elevation. It is 

 somewhat rare, though well known to the natives, and the 

 Bhotia name, which is intended to represent the call, is curiously 

 similar to the call of the D. rufa, as syllabized by Sundevall. 

 It lives both on fruit, and on insects of various kinds. 



678. Dendrocitta leucogastra, Gould. 



Trans. Zool. Soc, vol. 1., p. 89., pi. 12 — Blyth, Cat. 462 — 

 Horsf., Cat. 852 — Jerdon, Cat. 160. 



The Long-tailed Magpie. 



Descr. — Forehead, face, ears, sinciput, throat, neck, and breast, 

 black ; back of head and neck, white ; wings black, with a white 

 bar in the middle, formed by a band on the primaries ,• scapulars, 

 back, and rump, bright chesnut bay ; upper tail-coverts whitish ; 

 tail black, with the two outer feathers ashy grey, broadly tipped 



