Distribution
The Yellow-billed Magpie is found throughout the Himalayas from Hazara to the Brahmaputra. It is divided into two races. Of these U. f. cucullata is the better known and is found from the Western boundary of the range to Western Nepal, being a common species about most of the hill stations of the Western Himalayas, breeding in a zone from 5000 to 10,000 feet. The typical form is found from Eastern Nepal eastwards and differs in that the under parts have a darker lilac tinge ; its zone is slightly higher than that of the Western form, as it seldom occurs 'as low as 6000 feet. A resident species, but during the winter months it usually deserts the higher parts of its summer zone. From Simla eastwards the closely allied Red-billed Blue-Magpie (Urocissa melanocephala) is often found in the same areas as the yellow-billed species ; it is particularly common about Mussoorie, Tehri-Garhwal, -Kumaon, and in Nepal, and may be easily distinguished by its red beak and the greater extent of the white nape-patch. The lovely Green-Magpie (Cissa chinensis) is found in forest along the lower Himalayas from the Jamna eastwards and in parts of Assam, Eastern Bengal and Burma. It is brilliant green in colour (which hasa tendency to fade to blue) with a black band through the eye and red bill, wings and tail.
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