CATALOaUE. 
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a, b, c. d. Cabul and Candahar. From Griffith's Col- 
lection. 
e. f. g. Tibet. Presented by Captain R, Strachey. 
h. Mesopotamia. Presented by Commander Jones. 
" The Afghan Magpie is found all the year round, from Quettah 
to Gf^iriskh, and is very common. They breed in March, and the 
young are fledged by the end of April. The nest is like that of the 
European bird, and all its manners are precisely the same.'* — 
(Captain Hutton.) 
826. PICA MEDIA, Blytk 
Pica media, JBlytJi, J. A, S, Beng. XIII. p. 393 (1844) ; 
XY. p. 25 ; XVI. p. 778 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. 
Beng. p. 91 ; App. p. xix. 
Pica sericea, Gould, P. Z. S. (1845), p. 2 ; Ann. Nat. 
Hist. XYI. p. 48. Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XV. p. 26. 
G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, II. p. 314. Bonap., C. 
G. Av. p. 383. 
Pica chinensis, ScJilegel. 
a. ? . China. From Reeves's Collection. 
827. PICA B0TTANEN8IS, Delessert 
Pica bottanensis, Beless., Eev. Zool. (1840), p. 400; 
Voy. dans VInde, pt. 2, p. 30. BlytJi, J. A. S. Beng. 
XII. p. 985 ; XV. p. 25 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 91. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 383. G. E. Gray, 
Gen. of Birds, II. p. 314. 
Pica megaloptera, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XI. p. 193 
(1842). 
Pica tibetana, Sodgs., Ann. Nat Hist. III. n. s. p. 203 
(1849). 
The Bootan Magpie. 
K.h.c.d. S ? . Bootan. From Pemberton's Collection. 
e. (P. megaloptera, Blyth). Bootan. From the Asiatic 
Society of Bengal. 
/ (P. tibetana, Hodgs.). Tibet. Presented by B. H. 
Hodgson, Esq., 1848. 
