N. GYLDENSTOLPE, BIRDS FROM RUSSlAN TURKESTAN. 3 



having a bluish red colour on the back. The ear region also 

 shows a purple bronzy-green colour sub certa luce. The tips 

 of the feathers of the under parts and the abdomen are mar- 

 gined with white, and the legs and feet of the female are 

 distinguished from those of the male through a more pa]e 

 brownish-red colour. 



There are discribed several geographical races of starlings 

 breeding in Tian Shan, as Sturnus vulgaris porphyronotus 

 Sharpe, found in the western Tian Shan and Pamir; Sturmis 

 vulgaris dresseri But. found in Aksu and Karatagh, and 

 Sturnus vulgaris harterti But. from Merco (east from 

 Ferghana). This is very interesting, and a strict examination 

 of the mountains would perhaps give us some new subspecies 

 of starlings. At all events it is most important to collect 

 as great a material as possible in order to solve the question 

 of distribution of the different subspecies. 



3. Pastor roseus L. 



c? ''A 1910 Taschkent. 

 J* juv. 78 1910 » 



Wing in J" = 182 mm. in J^ juv. = 92 mm. 



Tail » » = 79 » » » » = 44 » 



Bill » » = 20 » » » » = 14 » 



Tarsus >> » = 31 » » » » = 25 » 



In Asia this bird is breeding from Asia Minor to Turke- 

 stan. 



4. Oriolus oriolus kundoo Sykes. 



a) labelled ? but probably J^ ^Vs 1910 Taschkent. 



b) $ 1^5 1910 Taschkeyit. 



a) Wing = 143mm.; tail = 90mm.; bill=28mm.; tarsus = l9mm. 



b) » =136 » » =88 » » =28 » » =19 » 



Specimen a though labelled $ is probably a male to 

 judge from greater size and more beautiful colour. By the 

 true female (h) the under parts and the abdomen, both of 

 which also are whiter than in specimen a are oversprinkled 



