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STTJENIDJE, 



thers just reaching to the 

 hinder part of the nasal 



opening 32. Hagiopsar, p. IfiS. 



A;*^. Tarsus longer than culmen. 

 ?'". Cuhnen longer than hind 



toe and claw 33. PYRRHoCHEmA, 



A'. Culmen less than hind [p. 169. 



toe and claw, 

 rt^. Tail nearly square and 

 shortened ; under tail- 

 coverts falling short of 

 end of tail by no more 



than length of tarsus 34. Lamprocolius, p. 170. 

 68. Tail strongly gradua- 

 ted ; under tail-coverts 

 falling short of end 

 of tail by more than 



length of tarsus .... 36. Heteropsar*, p. 185. 

 vv^. Outstretched feet reaching to end 



of tail 37. Spreo, p. 187. 



/'. With a broad eyebrow of peculiar wax- 

 like feathers 38. Exopes, p. 1S»2. 



d. Nasal aperture exposed aud situated in a 

 bony groove ; wax-like crimson appen- 

 dages to the rump and upper tail-coverts 39. ScissiHOSTRU>i,p. 193. 



1. STURNUS. ^ 



Type. 

 Stumus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 291 (1766) S. vulgaris. 



Head of Stttrnus vulgaris, to show bare nostrils. 



Range. Confined to the Palaearctic and Indian Regions of the Old 

 World. 



Key to tlie Species. 



u. Head and back differing in colour. 



a'. Scapulars green, bluish green, or bronzy 

 green. 

 a". Wing-coverts green or steel-green. 

 a'" . Breast gi-een ; flanks steel-blue or pur- 

 plish blue. 



a*. Head and throat green vuhjaris, p. 27. 



6^. Head and throat reddish purple .... menzbieri, p. 33. 



* Somewhere here must be entered 35. Coccycolius, p. 18,"). 



