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specimens of cristatus in the silvery white of the forehead, chin, and throat, 
and in the almost entire absence above of any tinge of rufous except on the 
upper tail coverts. Length 7'1, wing 3’5, tarsus ’95, hill at front ’5 inches. 
22. Graucat.us Macei, Lin. 
The collection contains five specimens of Graucalws, three of which 
answer very closely to the characters of G. Macei or G. Javensis, being 
indeed of intermediate size and thus affording a link between the Indian and 
Javan birds which, according to Blyth, only differ in size. They have the 
wings white underneath, and the outer tail feathers broadly tipped with 
white. One specimen has the abdomen slightly barred, in the others it 
is simply albescent. 
Length. Wing. Tail. Bill from gape. Tarsus. 
II inch. 6 62 inch. 6 inch. 1-58 inch. IT inch. 
III „ 6-75 „ 5T2 „ 1-5 „ 1- 
The remaining two specimens I at at first thought might be the young 
of the above ; but closer examination convinced me that they are adults in 
full plumage belonging to a distinct species. 
t 23. Gr.vucai.us Dotisoxi, n. sp. 
So far as the literature available in Calcutta has enabled me to com- 
pare this bird with the hitherto described species of this genus it appears 
to be distinct. I at first supposed it might be striata, BoAA..-=Nov(S-guine(e, 
Gmel. &c., but it differs in several particulars from Lesson’s description of 
that species. The following is a description. 
Above dark slatey, darkest on the head ; wings and tail brownish-black, 
primaries, secondaries and tertiaries lighter on the inner webs, faintly edged 
with white on the outer ; two outer rectrices on each side narrowly tipped 
with dusky white ; a black stripe from the lores round the eyes to the ear 
coverts, thence faintly continued as a collar in one of the specimens. Un- 
derneath white barred with black from chin to under tail-coverts inclusive ; 
under wing-coverts similarly barred. Bill conspicuously smaller than in 
G. Macei. Length, 10'2, wing, G'2, tail, 5 '4, bill from gape, 1'23, tarsus, 
'95 inch. 
I have named the species after Dr. Dobson. 
24. Peimcrocotus seeciostts, Lath. — Gould, B. of Asia, pt. IX, pi. 4. 
A good series of this bird has been brought. It includes several young 
males with the transitional plumage. I have little doubt that _P. Anda- 
manensis, Tytlcr, is only P. speciosus in immature plumage. It is said to 
have “ the plumage of P. speciosus with more yellow or flame-colour min- 
gled with the scarlet. It is also apparently smaller.” The amount of red 
on the central tail feathers of this bird varies much in specimens from 
various parts of India and Barma. Four out of five males in this collection 
have the central tail feathers wholly black. 
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