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Range: Reported only from the southwestern provinces (southern 

 Tak). 



Genus STURNUS Linnaeus 



Sturnus malabaricus nemoricola (Jerdon) 



Sturnia nemoricola Jerdon, Ibis, vol. 4, No. 13, January 1862, 



p. 22 (Thayetmyo, Thayetmyo District, Magwe Division, 



Burma). 



Range: Reported, mainly on migration or in winter, from the 



northern and eastern plateaus, the central plains, and the western 



and peninsular provinces south to Prachuap Khiri Khan. 



Sturnus sinensis (Gmelin) 



[Oriolus] sinensis Gmelin, CaroU a Linne . . . Systema naturae, 



ed. 13, tom. 1, pars 1, 1788, p. 394 (China). 



Range: A visitor from the Northeast, reported on migration or in 



winter from the northern plateau (Lampang), the eastern plateau, 



the southeastern provinces, the central plains, and the western and 



peninsular provinces south to Nakhon Si Thammarat. 



Stiu*nus sturninus (Pallas) 



Oracula sturnina Pallas, Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des 



russischen Reichs, vol. 3, 1776, pp. 210, 695 ("in salicetis 



Dauuriae australioris, circa Ononem et Argunum," Chita 



Province, Russian SFSR). 



Range: A visitor from northeastern Asia, reported on migration or 



in winter from the southeastern provinces, the southern portion of 



the central plains, and the peninsular provinces south of the Isthmus 



of Kj-a. 



Sturnus contra floweri (Bowdler Sharpe) 



Sturnopastor floweri Bowdler Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 



7, No. 48, Nov. 29, 1897, p. xvii ("Pachim"=Prachin Buri 



[lat. 14°05' N., long. 101°25' E.], and "Tahkamen" = Ban 



Prachantakham [lat. 14°05' N., long 101°30' E.], Prachin Buri 



Province, Thailand). 



Range: The northern plateau, the southeastern provinces, the 



central plains, and the western and peninsular provinces south to 



Prachuap Khiri Klian, 



Sturnus uigricoUis (von Paykull) 



Oracula nigricollis von Paykull, Kongl. [Svenska] Vet, Akad. 

 Handl., band 28, [not earlier than January] 1808, p. 291, pi. 9 

 (Canton, Kwangtung Province, China). 

 Range: The northern and eastern plateaus, the southeastern prov- 

 inces, the central plains, and the western and peninsular provinces 

 south to Prachuap Khiri Khan. 



