ncA. 



479 



2. Altai, 19th April. 

 2. Altai. 

 4. Altai. 



Crowley Bequeat, 

 Crowley Request. 

 W. Radclifle Saunders, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



Pica hudsonia (Sabine). .» 



Pica hudsonica, Lord, Pr. R. A. Inst. Woolwich, iv. p. 339 (ISe*)) ; 



Bendire, Life-Hist N. Amei: Birds, ii. p. 349, pi. iii. figs. 11-13 



(1895). 

 Pica pica hudsonia, Ridqw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. iii. p. 287 



(1904). 

 Pica hudsonia, Sliarpe, Hand-l. v. p. 605 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 359 (1910). 



Eggs of the American Magpie resemble those of P. pica. 



5. North America (Henshaw C"ll.). 

 1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). 

 4. British Columbia. 



4. Carson, Nevada, 22nd April (R. 

 Ridgway: Tristram Coll.). 



6. Lovelanda, Colorado, 30th May- 



(-B. Johnson). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 SaJvin-Godman Coll. 

 J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



LP.]. 



Pica sericea, Gould. 



Pica sericea, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 2 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 605 



(1909). 

 Pica pica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 62 (1877) [part.]. 

 Pica caudata, David ^ Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 373 (1877). 

 Pica pica sericea, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 22 (1903). 



Eggs of the Chinese form of the Magpie are indistinguishable 

 from those of P. pica. 



Pica mauritanica, Malherhe. 



Pica mauritanica, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 312 ; Locke, Expl. Sci. Algir., 

 Ois. i. p. 118 (1867) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 66 (1877) ; 

 Koenig, J.f. 0. 1892, p. 372; id., J.f. O. 1896, pi. vi. figs. 4 a, 4 6 ; 



