BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



Inhabits lofty mountain ranges of Europe 

 and Asia : also high cliffs overhanging the sea. 



Subfam. GAERULIN^. 

 (A) MAGPIES. 

 Genus PICA, Brisson. 

 P. bottanensis, Ad. Deiessert, 



Syn. P, megaloptera, Bljth, J. A. S, XT. 193. 

 Inhabits Bootan. 

 , P. media Blyth, J. A. S. XIII. 393, 1844. 

 Syn. F. sericea, Gould, P. Z. S. IS-IS, p. 2. 

 Inhabits China. 



P. caudata, Ray {Pi. Enl. 488). 

 Syn. p. melanoleuca, Vieillot. 



Inhabits Europe, N. Asia, and N. America 

 west of the |Rocky mountains range : variety 

 common in Afghanistan. 



€^ejiMsDENDRACITTA, Gould. 



B. leucogastra, GouH> {Trans. Zool. Soc. 

 Vol. I. pi. 12). Inhabits Niigiris, 



D. rufa (Vaill. Ois. d' A Jr. pi. 59 ; Gould's 

 ' Century,' pi. 42). 



Syn. Corvus rufus, Scopoli. 



Coracias vagabunda, Latham. 

 Pica rufiveutris, Vieillot. 



Handi-chacha (' pan-scraper,' imitative of 

 cry) and Talclca-chor (' rupee-thief), Beng, ; 

 Maha Lat, H, (Jerdon). : Mahtab, and Chand^ 

 Sindee (Burnes). Inhabits India generally : 

 plains and lower hills. 



D. sinensis (Gould's ' Century,' pi. 43). 



Syn. Corvus sinensis, Latham. 



KoJciakak, Masuri. Inhabits Himalaya; 



China? 



D. altirostris. 



Syn. Crypsirina altirostris, Blyth. J. A. S. XII, 933. 

 D. frontalis (?), McClelland, P- Z. S. 1839, p. 



163. 



Inhabits Sikim ; Assam ? 



Genus CEYPSIRINA, Vieillot. 

 ' Gr. varians (Horsfield's Zool. Res. in Java\: 

 Lev. Ois. d' Afr. 56). 



Sin. Corvus varians, Latham. 

 C. temia, Shaw. 

 Phrenotrix lemia, Horsfield. 



CheUtut, or Benteot, Java. Inhabits Tenas- 

 serim ; Java. 



Genus TEMNORUS, Lesson. 

 T. leucopterus (PL Col. 265^. 



Syn. Glaucopis leucopterus, Temmiack. 

 Talong-gaga, or Kolang-gaga, Malayan. 

 Inhabits Malayan peninsula and archipelago, 



(B.) JAY-MAGPIES. 

 Gams CISSA, Boie. 



C. venatoria (Hardw. 111. Ind. Zool.) 



Syn. Kifta venatoria, Gray. 



Corvus sinensis (?), Boddaert. 

 C. speciosus (?), Shaw. 

 Corapica bengalensis. Lesson. 



Inhabits S. E. Himalaya, Assam, Arracan, 

 Tenasserim provinces. 



C. puella, Blyth, J. A. S. XVHL 



Inhabits Ceylon. 



Genus PSILORHINUS, Ruppell. 



Ps. maffnirostris, Blyth, J. A. S. XV. 27. 

 Inhabits Ya-ma— dong mountains, separating 

 Airacan from Pegu. 



Ps. occipitalis, Blyth (J. A- S. XV. 27 ; 

 Gould's 'Century,' pi. 41). 



Syn. Pica erythrorhyncha apnd Vigors and Gould. 

 Corvus sinensis (?), Linn. 

 C. erythrorliynchos (?), Boddaert. 

 Coracias melauocephHia (?), Latham. 

 Ps. albicapillus, Blyth (the young). 



Nil-hhant, Masuri, Inhabits Himalaya : Chi- 

 na ? ^ 



Ps.flavirostris, Blyth (J. A. S. XV. 28). 



Inhabits Sikim ; Kashmir (vide J. A, S. 

 XV. 284). 



C. JAYS. 



Genus GARRULUS, Brisson. 



G. ornatus, Grav (Hardw. III. Ind, Zool. 

 Gould's ' Century,' pi. 38). 

 Syn. G. bispecularis, Vigors. 

 Inhabits Himalaya. 



G. gularis. (Hardw. Ill Ind. Zool. Gould's 

 ' Century,' pi. S6, 40). 



Syn. G. lanceolatus, Vigors, 



G. Vigorsii, Gray (the young). 



Pan-sarra, of hill men (Hutton). Inhabits 



Himalaya. 



Ge7ius PERISOREUS. Pr. Bonap. 



P. infaustus (Gould's 'Bird's of Eulrope,' 

 pi. 215). 



Syn. Corvus infaustus, L. 

 C, sibiricus, Boddaert. 

 C. russicus, Graelin, 

 C- raittius, Pallas. 



Inhabits northern regions of the Old Conti- 

 nent. 



D. Insertoe sedis. 

 Genus LOPHOCITTA, G. R. Gray. 

 L. galericulaia (LeVaillant, Ois. de Par. pi, 

 42). 



Syn. Corvus galericulatus, Cu», 

 Lanins scapulatus, Licht. 

 L. coronatus, Safllcs, (the female). 

 Vanga cristata, Griffith's An. Kingd. 



Burong Jeri, Malayan. Inhabits Malayan 

 peninsula ; Sumatra : Java. 



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