T a b b . X X X IX . E T XL.
GA R R ULUS LANCEOLATUS .
G a rr. v ia a c eo -b a tliu s; ca p ite su b c r is ta to , g u lâ , ju g u lo , alisquc a t r i s ; collo a n tc r io r i albo lanceo-
la to ; qotcromatibus rem ig ib u sq u e ccerulco fa s c ia t i s , illis albo tc rm in a tis ; ca u d a cccrulcâ,
n ig ro f a s c i a t â ,f a s c i â la tâ a p k a li albo te rm in a tâ rw ta tâ .
L o n g itx id o corporis, 12 u iic .
T hu present species, although rescmbllug the ,% s in the general colouring o f its plumage, can scarcely be
considered .as typical in the group ; Its more graduated tail and less robustly formed bill indicatiug a strong
teiHlcucy to the P,cm, o r Pies. The close affinity in form and colour which the Ocrruhs lanccobtus bears to
some species inhabiting the United States and Me.sico, is worthy o f remark as a corroboration o f tho fact, so
often insisted on, tliat similar forms o f ornithology are found in countries widely separated from each other
wliose temperatures are alike.
We have no accounts respecting the habits o f the present species, which appears to be strictly confined to
the Himalayan mountains and the adjacent hills o f Nepal, as no speelmeiis have been noticed in collections
from any other pa rt o f India.
The head is ornamented with a black crest, each feather having traces o f faint fine bars o f blue ■ the sides
o f the face and the baek of the neck are black; the throat is covered with white elongated lanceolate feathers-
the baek and under parts arc vinous g rey ; the shoulders b la ck; the feathers o f the b.astard win«-white’
e.vccpt a few whiel, are barred with black, and blue .at their base ; the primaries and secondaries are^broadfe
barred with blue and black, each feather being tipped with white; the tail is barred alternately with black
and blue, and tipped with white.
The male and female are figured o f their natural size.