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Family GRACULIDAE 



GRACULA REUGIOSA RELIGIOSA (Linnaeus) 



[Gracula] religiosa Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 108, Jan. 1, 1858. 



("Asia" [ = Java]). 

 Gracula javanensis Auct. 

 Gracula javana Auct. 



Three specimens are in Doctor Abbott's collection : 



Adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 174720, Pulo Midei, May 24, 1900. 

 Length in flesh, 343 mm. 



Adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 174718, Bunguran Island, July 24, 

 1900. Length in flesh, 337 mm. 



Adult female, U.S.N.M. No. 174719, Bunguran Island, July 24, 

 1900. Length in flesh, 337 mm. 



These seem to be subspecifically identical with birds from Borneo 

 and Java, and thus not referable to Gracula religiosa prasiocara from 

 the Anamba Islands. One of them, taken on May 24, 1900, on Pulo 

 Midei, is in process of molting the contour feathers. 



Doctor Abbott reports it fairly common on Pulo Midei. Doctor 

 Hartert has recorded ^^ from Sirhassen Island under the name Gracula 

 javanensis what is probably this race. 



Measurements of these three birds are given in Table 32. 



Table 32. — Measurements of specimens of Gracula religiosa religiosa 



* Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



The name Gracula religiosa Linnaeus is currently applied to the 

 southern grackle, or talking myna, of southern India and Ceylon, and 

 is usually cited from the twelfth edition of the Systema Naturae. It 

 was, however, described also in the tenth edition, as follows: 



[Gractila] religiosa [Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 108, Jan. 1, 1858]. 



G. nigro violacea, macula alarum alba, fascia occipitis nuda flava. 



Corvus javanensis. Osb. iter. 102 



Sturnus indicus. Bont. jav. 67. Will. orn. 145, t. 38. Raj. av. 68. 



Minor s. Mino. Edw. av. 17. t. 17. Alb. av. 2. p. 35. t. 38. 



Habitat in Asia. 



s* Nov. Zool., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 476, Apr. 16, 1894. 

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