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CATALOGUE. 
'p. 29 ; Ann. N. H. XX. p. 321. G. B. Gray, Gen. 
ofB. 11. p. 308. Hodgson, Cat. B. of Nep. p. 101. 
Corvus sinensis, ^oi?^^., Tail, des Fl. Unl. d'Auben. (1783). 
Coracias sinensis, Gmelin, S. iV^. I. p. 381 (1788). La- 
tliam, Hist, of B. III. p. 54. 
Ptilonorhynclius sinensis, Lesson. 
Corvus speciosus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. VII. ^. 364 (1809). 
Pica speciosa, Wagler, Si/st. Av. sp. 30. 
Kitta speciosa, Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 166. 
Corvus venatorius, F. (B.) Hamilton, MS. I. p. 60 (1808). 
Kitta venatoria, J. E. Gray, HI. Ind. Zool. I. t. 2 (1832). 
McClelland, P. Z. S. (1839), p. 164. Blyth, J. A. 
S. Beng. 'Xll. p. 938. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 166. 
Cissa venatoria, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XY. ^. 29 ; Cat, 
B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 92. 
Corapica bengalensis. Lesson, Tr. d'Orn.p. 352 (1831). 
Hunting Crow, Lath., Hist, of B. III. p. 53. 
Chinese Eoller, Latham. 
SiE GrAifG, Bengal, F. (B.) Hamilton. Blyth. 
A. Bootan. From Pemberton's Collection. 
b. c. d. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
e. Drawing. From F. (B.) Hamilton's Collection. 
" Inhabits the hills of Tipperah and Sylhet. It is stated that it is 
instructed to hunt like a hawk to catch small birds. Besides a kind 
of chattering, like a Jay or Magpie, it has an agreeable note, and 
becomes very tame." — (F. Buchanan Hamilton, MS. I. p. 60.) 
Mr. Blyth remarks : " I have had many of these birds alive, which 
combine in their manners tlie traits of the Jay and Shrike : they are 
very amusing birds, soon become tame and quite fearless, are very 
imitative, sing lustily a loud and screeching strain of their own with 
much gesticulation, and are highly carnivorous in their appetite. 
The Shrike-like habit, in confinement, of placing a bit of food in 
each interval betwixt the bars of their prison, is in no species 
more strongly exemplified than in this." 
" This bird, when newly moulted, is of a lovely green, with the 
wings bright sanguine-red, and the bill and legs deep coral ; but 
whether alive (wild, or in confinement), or mounted as a stuff'ed 
specimen and exposed to the light, the green soon changes to verdi- 
gris-blue, and the red of the wings to dull ashy." — (Blyth.) 
