BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



G. vittatus, Jardine and Selby (III, Orn. 

 2nd series, pi, 39^. 



Inhabits S. E. Asia, as China, and the Ma- 

 layan peninsula, and archipelago : common at 

 Penaug. N. W. Himalaya. 



0. leuconyx, Blyth, J. A. S. XIV. 218. 



Inhabits India generally : rare. 



C. suhfurcatus, Blyth, J. A. S. XVIIT. 



Sin. C. affinis, var., Strickland, P. Z. S. 1846, p.99- 

 Inhabits Malayan peninsula. 

 C. affinis, Gray (Hardw. III. Ind. Zool). 



Syn. C. nipalensis, Hodgson, J. a. S. V. 780. 



C. montanus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XUI. 144. 



Ahahil, Hind. Inhabits plains and lower 

 hills of India generally ; rare in the Dukhun ; 

 Ceylon. 



C. balasiensis, Gray (Hard. III. Ind. Zool.) 

 Syn. C. palmarum, Gray. 



Inhabits most part of India : wherever the 

 Bomssus grows, to the fronds of which it affixes 

 its nest. Arracan (Ramree). Common in Cey- 

 lon- 



Genus COLLOCALIA, G. E. Gray. 



C. nidifica. ' ' ' ' " 



Syn. Hirundo nidifica, Latham. 



H. esculenta apud Horsfield. 

 fl. fucipliaga apud Shaw. 

 H. brevirostris, McClelland, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 

 165. 



11, unicolor, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XI. 238 ; 

 referred to Cypselus, ibid. XIII. 173; and 

 termed C. concolor, J. A. S. XI. 886. 



Wahalcena, Cingh. Inhabits Nilgiris, Cey- 

 lon, Sikim, Assam ; aud Malay countries. 



G. fuciphaga. 

 Sin. Hirundo fuciphaga, Thunberg. 



Inhabits rocky coasts bordering the Bay of 

 Bengal, and of Malayan peninsula and archi- 

 pelago- 



Subfam. MACROPTERIGIIN^. 

 Qenus MACROPTERYX, Swainson. 



M. caronatus. 



Syn, Hirundo coronata, Tiokell, J. A. S. II. 580 ; 

 XV, 21. 



M. klecho of India, Auctorum. 

 Inhabits jungles of Central and S. India, and 

 of Ceylon. 



M. Jclecho (Swainson's ZooH. III., n, s., pi. 

 74). 



Stn, Hirundo klecho, Horsfield. 



Cypselus longipennis, Temminck. 



Inhabits Malayan peninsula, Java. 



M. comatus {PI. Col 268). 



Syn. Cypselus comatus, Temminck, 



Inhabits Eastern Malasia ; Sumatra ? 



Suborder PASSERES, L. modified: 



Eam. CORVID^. 



Subfam. CORVINiE (A.) Crows. 



Genus CORVUS, Linn. 



C- culminahts, Sykes (Hardwiciie's III. Ind. 

 Zool.) 



Syn. C. orientalis, Eversmann. 

 C. corone, var., Franklin. 

 C. corax ol buinatra ? Kaffles, 



Band kag, Beng. Dhar kowa, ^''Dheri kowa 

 or kurriaV' (Jerdon), Hind. PaJiari kowa^ 

 Deyra Doon : Burong gaga-gaga, Malayan, 

 Inhabits India generally ; Ceylon ; Assam ; 

 Arracan ; Tenasserim ; Malayan peninsula ; 

 Sumatra? : also N. Asia (Eversmann). 'Raven' 

 of Europeans in India. 



C corone, L. {PI. Bnl. 495). 



Inhabits Europe; N. Asia ? Japan ? China? 



C. comix, L. (Fl. Enl. 7 Q.J 



Inhabits N. Europe, and N. W. Asia ; Japan^ 

 (Temminck)- 



C. splendens, Vieillot {Tl. Gol. 425). 



Kag or Kak, Beng. : Kowa, or Path Kowa, 

 i. e. ' Common Crow' ; Hind. Dasi kowa, Deyra 

 Doon : Cac-co, Cingh. Inhabits India generally; 

 Assam, Sylhet, Chittagong, and northernmost 

 part only of Arracan, where its occurrence is of 

 recent date. 



C. macrorhynchos, Vieillot, 

 Syn. ? Fregilus enca, Horsfield. 

 Inhabits vicinity of Straits of Malacca. 

 C. frugilegns, L. {PI. Enl. 484.) 



Inhabits Europe ; Afghanistan ; Kashmir • 

 Japan (Temminck).- 



C. monedula, L, {PI. Enl. 523). 



Inhabits Europe ; Middle Asia ; Kashmir ; 

 N. Africa. 



B. NUTCRACKERS. 



Genus NUCIFRAGA, Brisson. 



N. hemispila, Vigors (Gould's ' Century/ 

 pi. 36., Inhabits Himalaya. 



C. CHOUGHS. 

 (7e?m PYRRHOCORAX, Vieillot. 

 P. alp^nus, Vieillot {PI. Enl. 35.) 

 Syn. Corvus pyrrhocorax, L. 



Inhabits Alps, Himalaya, and other lofty 

 mountain chains of Europe and Asia. 



Genus FREGILUS, Cuv. 



Fr. graculus {PI. Enl. 255.) 



Syn. Corvus graculus, L. ,, 

 C. erythrorliamphus, Vieillot, 

 Fr. europceus. Lesson. 

 Fr, erythropus, SwainsoDi 



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