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somewhat glossy. The ground varies from pale olive-white to dull 

 olive-grey, marked, especially towards the broader end, with a 

 greater or less number of rather small spots of umber-brown and 

 underlying lavender-grey. They measure from I'Ol to 1-1 in length, 

 and from -78 to -80 in breadth. 



2. N.E. Asia. Crowley Bequest. 

 1 . Dauria, Siberia. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Onon, Dauria, JNIay {B. Dyhowshi Crowley Bequest. 



8f A. Parrex : Tristram Coll.). 



1 . Amur. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Laid in captivity. . Zoological Society of Loudon 



[P.]. 



Cyanopolius japonicus, Parrot. 



(Plate XXII. figs. 11 & 12.) 



Cyanopica cyanus japonica, Parrot, Orn. Monatsb. xiii. p. 26 (1905). 

 Oyanopolius japonicus, ISharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 606 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Japanese Blue Magpie resemble those of C. cyanus 

 in having the ground pale greyish-olive, while in two others it 

 is greenish-white ; all four specimens are marked with small 

 spots and blotches of dark brown and lilac-grey. They measure 

 respectively : 1-1 by -8 ; 1-2 by -82; 1-2 by -83; 1-1 by -81. 



t>. Fujiyama, Hondo, Japan, 30th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 May. [P.]. 



2. Fujiyama, 4th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Cyanopolius swinhoei, Hartert. 



Cyanopolius cyanus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 68 (1877) [part.]. 

 Cyanopolius cyanus swinhoei, Hartert, Voff. pal. Faun. i. p. 24 (1903). 

 Cyanopolius swinhoei, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 606 (1909). 



Eggs of the - Chinese Blue Magpie do not differ from those of 

 C. cyanus. 



3. China. J. Whitehead, Esq. fP.]. 

 ik China. , J. Whitehead, Esq. [P.]. 

 1. Chin-kiang, Kiang-su, 29th May. C. B. Rickeit, Esq. [P.]. 



Cyanopolius cooki (Bonap.). 



Corvus cyaneus, Thien. (nee Pall.) Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xli. fig. 8 

 (1845-54). 



Cyanopica cooki, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 15 (1855-63) ; 

 Lilford, Ibis, 1866, p. 382, pi. x. figs. 3-8; Irby, Orn. Str. 

 Gibraltar, p. 82 (1895) ; Newton, Ootheca Wulleyana, pt. ii. p.. 495 

 (1902); Dresser, Man. Pol. Birds, i. p. 416 (1902); Bey, Bier 

 Vog. Miiteleuro/). i. p. 376, taf. 125. figs. 12-16 (1904) ; Dresser, 

 Eygs Birds Europe, pts. xi. & xii. p. 426, pi. 3. figs. 11-16 (1908). 



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