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C. toeqtjattjs, Cuv. : C. pectoralis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 18 ; 

 G. dominicanus, Bonap. ; G. dauricus apud G. P. Gray, Gen. Birds, 

 II, 315. 



Pica media, nobis : P. sericea, Gould. 



Pabus minob, Temminck and Schlegel (figured in Gould's ' Birds 

 of Asia'). Like P. cineeeus, Vieillot, but with green on the fore-part 

 of the back. 



Lefcodiopteon canoeum, SchifF. ; Turdus canorus, T. sinensis, 

 et Laiiius faustus, L. ; Garrulax sinensis apud Gray, nee G. chi- 

 nensis, nobis, Catal. No. 483, which is a Tenasserim species, doubtful 

 if likewise inhabiting China. Fowchow. 



Gaeeulax perspicillatus, (Gm.) 



Temenuchus cinebaceus, (Tem.) 



Passee montands, (L.), var. Although alike in size and mark- 

 ings, specimens of this bird from different regions are readily distin- 

 guishable. The British are much darker ashy underneath, like P. 

 DOMESTICUS as compared with its Indian representative ; those from 

 Arakan are considerably more rufous on the back ; while the Chinese 

 race is simply whiter underneath than the European. The Sikhim 

 race, if I remember rightly, resembles the Chinese one; while speci- 

 mens from Singapore and Java are probably like those from Arakan. 

 I have never seen this bird from the N. W. Himalaya ; and the 

 Afghan P. montanus of Capt. T. Button proved to be P. salici- 

 COLUS (v. Jiispaniolensis) . Nevertheless, in Dr. Horsfield's Catalogue, 

 examples of the present species are noted from Kandahar. 



Euspiza peesonata, (Tem.) Specimen of a female. 



Alatjda gttlgula (?), Franklin ; A. ccelivox, Swinhoe, ' Zoologist,' 

 p. 6723 (1859). I have only recently seen the true A. malabaeica, 

 Scopoli, from S. India, which differs from A. gulgula of Bengal and 



of Java, according to Mr. F. Moore's description and admeasurements of the 

 latter. 



In the N. W., the true British Raven (0. corax) is common in the Punjab 

 and Afghanistan ; but is replaced by a still larger race in Tibet, the C. tibeta- 

 HTJS, Hodgson. In Peshawur, Kohat, Afghanistan, and Kashmir, the European 

 Rook (C. fbttgilegus) occurs ; and in Kashmir also the European Jackdaw (C. 

 Moneduia) ; but the Chinese and Japanese Rook (C. pastinatob, Gould,) is 

 distinct, and also the Chinese Jackdaw (0. dauricus, Pallas). The Hooded 

 Crow (C. corkix) extends eastward to Afghanistan, and the European Carrion 

 Crow (C. cobone) to Pushur, as noticed in the text. 



