1872.] 
5 Ditto ditto,. 
W. T. Blanford — Zoology of SikJcim. 
G9 
Godavar 
Ditto, .. 
valley,. 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Tarsus. 
Bill from gape. 
11-6 
6-75 
2.17 
2-45 
12- 
8- 
235 
2-5 
12-5 
7-5 
2-28 
2-5 
12-5 
7-25 
205 
2-3 
11-6 
6 75 
2 1 
2 3 
• 
Lachung 
had the following 
dimensions : — 
21-75 
20 - 
Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill from gape. 
1, 14-25 9-5 2-4 2 35 
2 , 13-25 8-75 2-4 2 35 
Neither of these had completed its moult, hut probably the longest 
quills and tail feathers are full grown. A specimen obtained by Dr. 
Stoliczka in Western Tibet measures 
Tail. Tarsus. Bill from forehead. 
Wing. 
135 
2-4 
245 
And in all the bill, although not longer from the gape, is stouter and higher, 
and the gonys apppears longer. But on the other hand a specimen brought 
by Captain Elwes from Lac-hung has the wing only 12'2, tail 8 me ies, 
whilst a specimen from the Cliola range has the same measurement precisely. 
The sexes are unfortunately not recorded on my specimens. 
Under all the circumstances I do not like to propose a new name, but i 
is quite possible that the Himalayan form is larger than that found m ie 
plains of India. The dimensions given by Jerdon for . cu mma us . 
length 21 inch, whig 13£, tail 7J, equal those of Himalayan specimens. 
This variability in size probably explains the difference ot "l 1 ’ 1 ' 11 
Mr. Blytli, (Ibis, 1868, p. 132,) and Captain Beavan with Colonel y 
(Ibis, isG7, p. 328), as to the distinction, or otherwise, oft ie m aman crow. 
Specimens of C. Vaillanti from Malacca precisely resemble those from 
Crows were common up to about 13,000 feet, above which elevation 
they seemed to be replaced by ravens. They appeare ar more a mm an ^ 
about 8,000 feet in the higher valleys than below that e ev a ion , Wl ~' ) 
large flocks of them near most of the villages, but, as usual with (7. Taillanti, 
not about houses like the Indian C. splendent. 
„ ig rare on the outer ranges 
666 NxrcmiAGA tiEMism.A, Vigors.— fins is 
of Sikkim, but common in «h. pi™ fact. of, the mfno. It is not a very 
war, bird but is usually to be seem on the edges of open ^glades or on trees 
outside the forest. Its cry and Oigbt am both dccdcdl, eorvme. I once sow a 
pai, hawking after butterfito just a crow. may .omet.mes bo observed to do ; 
tbe W hite of the outer tail feathers becomes very conspicuous when the birds 
are thus engaged. The iris is dark brown. 
679 FbeoiluS GRACirrxs, L., F. Simalayanus, Gould. Von Pelzeln 
has pointed out (Jour. f. Ornith. for 1868, and Ibis, 1868, p. 317), that 
