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CRYPTICUS. 
Dendrocitta pallida Blyth, Catal. Birds as. Soc. 336. 
rufa Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1846. XV. 30. [China. Himalaya, 
Corvus rufus Scopoli, Sonnerats Voyage II. 18G. Tb. 106. — Levaillant, 
Oiseaux Afr. Tb. 59. 
Coracias vagabundus Latham, Ind. Ornitb. I. 171. 
Pica vagabunda Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 888. — Gould, Centur. Hinj.iî. 
Birds Tb. 42. — Gray, Illustr. Ind. Zool. I. Tb. 25. 
Pica rufiventris Vieillot. Stephens, Gener. Zool. XIV. 73. 
Corvus medicantium Hamilton teste Moore. 
Dendrocitta vagabunda Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1833. I. 57. 
Temnurus rufus, T. vagabundus Gray, Genera Birds II. 310. 
Crypsirhina vagabunda Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XL 19. — Blyth, Journ. asiat. 
Soc. Bengal 1843. XIL 932; 1842. XIIL 89. 
Cnjp sir hina rufa Bi^YTK, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1843. XIL 933; 1846. XV. 30. 
Crypsirhina rufiventris Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 933. 
Dendrocitta rufa Hartlaub, Verzeichn., Bremen 63. — Blyth, Journ. asiat. 
Soc. Bengal 1847. XVL 469. 
Pica rufa Sundevall, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1846. XVIII. 168. 
Glaucopis rufa Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Corvi. 
Vagabunda rufa Gray, Handlist Birds IL 8. 
Maha Lat. — Takka chor. — Handi chacha. — Mahtab, Chand. 
rufigastra Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1843. XIL 933. [India, 
Dendrocitta rufigastra Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1837. V. 80. 
sinensis Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 84. — Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1843. 
XIL 932; 1846. XV. 30. [China, Himalaya. Madras. 
Corvus sinensis Latham, Ind. Ornitb. 1. 161. 
Pica sinensis Gray, Illustr. Ind. Zool. I. Tb. 26. — Gould, Centur. Himal. 
Birds Tb. 43. 
Dendrocitta sinensis Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1837. V. 57; Transact. 
Zool. Soc. L 89. 
Temnurus sinensis Gray, Genera Birds IL 310. 
Dendrocitta himalayensis Blyth, Ibis 1865. I. 45. 
Dendrocitta Formosae Swinhoe, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1871. 382. 
Kokiakak. 
f'temnura Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1843. XIL 933. — Temnurus trun- 
catus Less. 
vagabunda Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 932. = Crijpsirhina 
rufa Blyth. 
varians Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux Tb. 106. — Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengiü 
1843. XIL 933; 1847. XVL 469; 1848. XVIL 249. [Tenasserim. Java. 
Corvus varians Latham, Ind. Ornith. Suppl. 26. — Levaillant, Oiseaux 
Afr. Tb. 56. 
Corvus termia Daudin, Traité Ornitb. IL 244. 
Corvus caudatus Shaw, Natur. Miscell. Tb. 562. 
Glaucopis varians Temminck. 
Cryptorhina varians Wagler, Syst. Avium spec. 6. 
Phrenothrix temia Horsfield, Zool. Research. Tb. 50; Transact. Linn. Soc. 
1821. XIIL 162. 
Temia Levaillanti Lesson, Traité Ornith. 342. 
Crypsirhina varia Gray, Genera Birds II. 310. 
Chekitat, Benteot. 
CRYPTICUS (Prionitidae. — xpuTUXtxoç occultans) Swainson, Classific. Birds 1837. 
II. 338. = Momotus Briss. 
Synon.: Prionirhynchus Sclat. 
General structure of Prionites but the bill excessively broad, flattened and 
dilated at the base. Culmen arched, grooved in the middle; the cuting margins 
minutely and regularly serrated. 
