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beak is much shorter than in Ce. yaeiaks, and there is no velvety- 

 frontal band as in the other : ten tail-feathers only ; and the long 

 middle pair expanding greatly at tip, as in Ce. yaeiaxs. General 

 colour silvery pearl-grey, with a black hood and white nape ; the 

 primaries and their coverts black, the secondaries having a whitish 

 exterior border ; middle tail-feathers black, a little tinged with grey- 

 ish except on the expanded tips ; the graduating lateral tail-feathers 

 albescent-greyish, with a faint tinge of brown. Bill black, the base 

 of both mandibles, below the nasal tuft of the upper, bright yellow 

 in the young ; and feet dusky. Length about 13 in., of which tail 

 7i in., its penultimate feathers If in. less : closed wing 4i in. : bill 

 to gape 1 in. ; and tarse the same. Tounghoo. 



The Ce. vaeiaks (also sent) is particularly common in the hills 

 behind Moulmein ; and is one of several Javanese species that like- 

 wise inhabit the Burmese region, and have not hitherto been 

 observed in the Malayan peninsula. Another is Plocetjs htpoxan- 

 thus, (Daudin), a flock of which I observed in Rangoon (in addition 

 to the common Bay a, the two species associating apart), and speci- 

 mens were obtained by Dr. Jerdon in Thayet-myo. Ceypsieixa 

 cucullata is interesting, as constituting a second well-marked 

 species of its genus, both of them being remarkable among the Cor- 

 viclous Pies for having only ten caudal rectrices. 



Tementtchus btjema^eS'SIS, Jerdon. A fine species, approaching 

 to aceidotheees in size, the markings of its wings and tail, and 

 also in having the skin bare under and behind the eye. Length 

 about 9| in., of closed wing 4j in., and tail 3 in. ; bill to gape 1^ in. ; 

 and tarse \\ in. Culmen of bill compressed and elevated above the 

 nostrils. Head, cheeks and throat, white ; the back and scapularies 

 pure ashy ; and the lower parts vinaceous, passing to white on the 

 lower tail-coverts : wing-primaries white at base, the remainder black ; 

 secondaries and tertiaries, with their coverts, bronzed, and having a 

 narrow black margin to each feather ; underneath, the wing is white 

 on the anterior half and dusky for the remainder ; middle tail-fea- 

 thers brown, and black-margined like the tertiaries, the rest black — 

 each feather more largely white-tipped to the exterior. Bill coral- 

 coloured, with the basal half of the lower mandible and below the 

 nostrils black : legs and claws bright yellow. Tounghoo. Procured 

 also at Thayet-myo by Dr. Jerdon, and at Ava by Mr. W. T. Blanford. 



