1841.] Birds in the Museum of the Asiatic Society, 651 



qualities, added to which a familiarity not quite so innocuous. I have 

 known it enter a covered verandah of a house, and nip off half a 

 dozen young Geraniums ; visit a cage of small birds, begin by stealing 

 the grain, and end by killing and eating the birds, and repeating these 

 visits daily till destroyed. Its flight has the same jerk, and its 

 motions the same bustling character as the English Magpie. The egg 

 is a plain greyish white." — C. W. Smith's MS. Notes. 



101. Pica Sinensis. — Chinese Mapgie. 



Chinese collection. 



Coracias Sinensis, Gm. Lin. I. 381. Turt. Lin. I. 229. 



Chinese Roller. Lath. Gen. Hist. III. 54. 



Specious Jay. Shaw's Gen. Zool. VIL 364. 



Pi (?) Sinensis. Steph. Shaw's Zool. XIV. 66. 



102. Genus Garrulus, Brisson. 

 Sp. Garrulus Gularis. — Gular Jay. 

 103. Garrulus Cristatus. — Crested Jay. — Blue Jay. 

 Corvus Cristatus. Lin. Syst. Nat. I. 157. Gm. Lin. I. 369. Turt. 

 Lin. L 221. 



Blue Jay. Lath. Gen. Hist. IIL 65. Shaw's Gen. Zool. VII. 359. 

 Garrulus Cristatus. Steph. Shaw's Zool. XIV. 66. 



104. Genus Coracias, Lin. 

 Sp. C. Bengalensis. — Bengal Jay. — Blue Bird. 



Shot by the Curator, and mounted in the Museum. 



Coracias Bengalensis. Lin. I. 159. Gm. Lin. I. 380. Turt. Lin. 

 L 320. Stephens' Shaw's Zool. XIV. 71. 



Bengal Roller. Lath. Gen. Hist. III. 72. 



Indian Roller. Shaw's Gen. Zool. VIL 390. 



" Though gifted with so brilliant a plumage, much cannot be said in 

 praise of its shape. Its appearance on the wing is lovely, yet 

 when perched we observe a large head, thick neck, prominent breast, 

 and a pinched body, which is rendered more conspicuous by a long 

 tail. It is a very common bird, is little afraid of man's approach, and 

 is pugnacious, driving away the crow without much effort ; it is a very 

 noisy, screaming bird, and in this respect is frequently very trou- 

 blesome. With the Hindoos it is esteemed sacred ; they consider 



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