The Genus Urocissa, Cahanis. 
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Nothing further need be added, and it only remains to 
describe the species, I am describing the whole, even though 
this may appear superlluous with Mr. Goodchild's Ijeautiful 
plate before us. ' 
Indian Ubd-billed Bluk-Pie {Urocissa occipitalis). 
Descript'oii : Above, pale brownish-purple-blue, wings brigliter and 
washed witli azui o-bhie; quills, inner webs blackish-brown, outer webs azure- 
blue, secondaries tipped with white, outer margins of primaries pale ashy- 
gr^y, and a spot of white at the tips ; upper tail-coverts rich azure-blue with 
black tips ; tail feathers azure-blue, the two central ones broadly tipped with 
white ; the outer feathers also with broad white tips with a broad band of 
black above the white tips ; head, sides of throat and foi'e neck, deep velvety 
black, the feathers of the fore neck with a blue sheen at the tips ; feathers of 
the crown tipped with white, on the nape and hind neck is a large occipital 
patch of white; remainder of under surface pure wliite, washed with light 
bluish-grey on the tianks ; bill rich coral-red ; legs and feet deep orange-yel- 
low ; iris rich red. L'otal lengtu 24 inches of which the tail measures 16. 
liaiKje : The Himalayas. 
Gkeat-billed Blue-Pie {Urocissa magnirostris). 
Description: Differs from occipitalis in its stouter and stronger beak, 
smaller size, darker colouring, smaller occipital patch, and the white primary 
tips very indistinct or absent. Total length 2U inches, of which the tail 
measures 1-1. RaiKje: Burmah and Siam. 
Chinese Eed-billbd Blue-Pie {Urocissa eryfliror- 
hyncha). 
Description : Upper surface brownish-lavender, lightly washed with 
purple-blue ; wings dull, deep blue ; quills brighter blue, with the inner webs 
dark brown and the primaries with a white tip on outer webs, secondaries 
with a band of white across the tips, upper tail coverts brownish-lavender 
passing into pale grey with black tips : tail rich azure-blue with broad white 
tips, all, save the two long central feathers, having a broad band of black a- 
bove the white tips ; head, sides of face and throat deep black, the feathers 
of the fore crown tipped with laveuder-grey and the hind crown and nape 
having a large occipital patch of lavender-grey ; remainder of under surface 
pale grey, lightly tinged with bluish, flanks darker grey, under tail coverts 
white ; bill, legs and feet coral-red ; iris ruddy-brown. Total length 21 inches 
of which the tail measures 16. lianye : Confined to China. 
Yellow-billed Blue-Pie {Urocissa flavirostris) . 
Description : Above lavender-blue, primaries with pale grey margins 
to the outer webs and faintly tipped with white, secondaries tipped with 
white ; upper tail coverts azure-blue with black tips and barred with pale 
blue ; tail deep azure-blue, broadly tipped with white, all, save the two long 
central feathers having a broad band of black above the white tip ; head, neck 
and mantle deep velvety black, with a occipital patch of pale bluish-white ; 
remainder of under surface ash3'-grey, whitish on the centre of abdomen and 
under tail-coverts ; bill, yellow; legs and feet bright orange-yellow ; iris rud- 
