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(6) CHINESE BLUE MAGPIE (Fig. 8) 

 Urocda erythrorhynca. Length 22 inches. 



Bill and tarsi coral red. Upper mandible hooked. 



Plumage. Forehead, cheeks, and throat, intense black. Back of head 

 and nape of neck bluish grey. Back and wings coverts slaty-blue color. 

 Primaries and secondaries decidely blqe, tipped with white. Under tail 

 feathers same color, ending with black hand, followed by white, gi^^ng 

 under side a barred appearance. Under parts and rump a dull bluish-grey. 



Characteristics. Sometime found In foothills, though of it is a 

 mountain bird, thriving best in mountain fastnesses and among wooded 

 ravines. Flight is slow and graceful, and as seen in full flight with «£ 

 the crest erect and long tail streaming tremulously behind, it is one of 

 the most beautiful birds. 



Distribution. Found throughout Cluna, those in the North being 

 Urocissa erythrorhynca drevijxilla and are slight lighter in color. 



Nest and Eggs. Nest composedfof sticks and weedf stems, lined 

 with rootlets. Eggs clayey brown, sometimes greenish, spotted with dull 

 reddish brown over underlying reddish grey spots. Five eggs in a set. 



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