590 AVES. 



This species is very common at Bliam6 in the villages outside the stockade. 

 It arrived at the village of Ponsee about the end of March and established a colony 

 in some high trees near our camp. It is the common Crow in the Sanda vaUey, 

 coniining itself, however, as a rule, to the outskirts of the villages and towns. It is 

 less numerous at Momien, where Magpies (Pica rustica) and Mynas {Sturnopastor 

 nigricollis) abound. In fact, one of the characteristic features of the valleys 

 beyond the Kakhyen hiUs is the prevalence of these three species of birds. 



Genus Pica, Brisson. 



42. Pica hustica. Scop. 



La Pie, Briss. Orn., t. ii, p. 35, 1760; Montb., PI. Enl., t. iii, pi. 488, 1773. 



Corvus pica, Linn., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 157, 1766; Wils., Am. Orn., vol. iv, p. 75, pi. xsxv, fig. 2, 



1811; Temm., Man. d'Orn., t. i, p. 113, 1820; Namn., Vog. Deutschl., Bd. ii, taf. 56, fig. 2, 



1822; Werner, Atlas, Omnivores, pi. vii, 1827; Audub., Orn. Biogr., t. iv, p. 408, pi. ccclvii, 



1831; Nordm. Demid. Voy. Russ. Merid., t. iii, p. 116, 1841; Sehleg. u. Susemihl, Vog. 



Eur., Bd. ii, taf. 4, fig. 2, 1839; Sehleg., Vog. Nederl., pi. 141, 1854. 

 Corvvs rusticus, Scop., Ann., t. i, p. 38, 1769. 

 Pica melanoleuca, Vieill., N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., t. xxvi, p. 121, 1818; Wagl., Syst. Av. Pica, 



sp. 1, 1829; Audub., B. Amer., roy. 8vo., vol. iv, p. 99, pi. ecxxvii, 1842; Macgill, Br. B., 



vol. i, p. 562, 1837. 

 Corvus hudsonius, Sabine, App. Narr. Frankl. Journ., p. 671, 1823. 

 Pica albiventris, Vieill., Faun. Franc, p. 119, 1828. 



Pica europma, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 551 ; Sundev., Sv. Fogl., pi. xix, fig. 3, 1860. 

 Pica germanica, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl., p. 177, 1831. 

 Pica septentrionalis, Brehm, I. c, p. 178. 

 Pica Jdemalis, Brehm, I. c, p. 178. ■ 



(Jarruhes picus, Temm., Man. d'Orn., t. iii, p. 63, 1835; Drummond, Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. xii, 



p. 414, 1842. 

 Pica hufhoiiica, Bonap., Comp. List B. Eur. and N. Amer., p. 27, 1838 ; Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 314, 



1845; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 383, 1850; Baird, B. N. Amer., p. 576, pi. xxv, 1858; Dall & 



Bann., Tr. Chic. Acad., vol. i, p. 286, 1869; Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 10, 1870. 

 Pica caudata, Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur., p. 45, 1840; Gould, B. Eur., vol. iii, pi. 216, 1840; Yarr. 



Br. B., vol. ii, p. 107, 1843; Gray, Gen. B., vol. li, p. 814, 1845; Blyth, Journ. As. Soe.^ 



Bengal, vol. xv, p. 26, 1846; id.. Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 9, 1849; Hutton, Journ. 



As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xvi, p. 778, 1847 ; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 382, 1850 ; Midd., Sibir. Eeise 



Zool., p. 158, 1851; Jaub. et Barth., Lapomm. Rich. Orn., p. 101, 1858; Fritseh, Vog. 



Eur., ta£. 27, fig. 6, 1858; Sehrenck, Reise Amurl. Vog., p. 322, 1859; Linderm., Vog. 



Griechenl., p. 69, 1860; Filippi, Viagg. Pers., p. 350, 1865; Radde, Reise Sibir. Vog., p. 206, 



1862; Gould, B. Gt. Br., vol. iii, pi. 216, 1863; Bettoni, Ucc. Lomb., pi. 101,1869,- 



Doderl., Avif. Sicil., p. 66, 1869; Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 10, 1870; Salvad., Faun Ital' 



Ucc, p. 175, 1871; Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 160, 1872. 

 PicahoUa7iensis,T>iAQss.., Rev. Zool., t. ii, p. 100, 1840; Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 314, 1845; 



Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc, Bengal, p. 91, 1849; Horsf. & Moore, clt. B. Mus. e'. 



Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 551, 1856-58; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 305, 1863; Gould, B. Asia,pt xv 



1862 ; Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 10, 1870. 

 Pica megalojjtera, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xi, p. 193, 1840. 

 Pica media, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xiii, p. 393, 1842; id.. Cat. B. Mus As 



Soc, Bengal, p. 91, App. p. 19, 1849 ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co. vol ii 



