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over three j'ears, I have not been able to settle the geographical 

 distribution of the bird in a more satisfactory manner. Besides the 

 purple head and throat, which are characteristic of the Indian 

 and Siberian Starling (S. menzbieri), the flanks of the latter are 

 also imbued with a strong violet shade, and it is interesting to 

 note that in the English birds which show purple on the head 

 and throat, a corresponding increase in the violet shade of the 

 flanks is observable ; and this circumstance tends to show that all 

 the purple element in Western birds is due to an impregnation of 

 the colour which is the principal character of the Eastern form, and 

 is, no doubt, the result of interbreeding. This most interesting 

 subject I have to leave in its present state of indecision from want 

 of material ; but I would point out that the ranges of the European 

 and Siberian races appear to be well-defined, and that it is of the 

 intermediate form that we require more definite knowledge. 



Hah. The whole of Western and Central Europe, extending to 

 the Eaeroe Islands, where a large-billed race (culmen 1-3 inch) 

 exists. Eastwards through Eussia, as high as 64-60' N. lat. 

 (Menzhier in. litt.), migrating south in winter to Persia, Syria, and 

 Egypt, as weU as to Northern Africa. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Faeroe Islands. 



Faeroe Islands, Dec. 15, 1873. 



c, d. c? ad. ; 



e. 2 ad. sk. 

 /, 9- c? ad. ; 



h. 2 ad. sk. 

 i, k, I. (S ad. ; 



?n. 2 ad. sk. 

 w, 0. Ad. sk. 



Fort George, Nairn, N.B., 



Dec. 23, 1888. 

 Inverness-shire, Sept. & Oct. 



1880. 

 Abovne, Aberdeenshire, Oct. 

 1871. 

 p. Ad. ; q. Juv. W^hitehill, Midlothian ( Ward- 



sk. Inu^ Ramsay), 



r Ad sk. Gateshead Fell, Durham, 



Dec. 27, 1869. 

 s-c^. c? ; '^^^ 2 t)tley, Yorkshire, Sept. 1888. 



ad. ; e^. Juv. sk. 

 /■2_„2 (J ad.; Tetney,Lincolnshire, Oct., Nov., 

 q^-s\ 2 ad. ; Dec, 1888. 

 t^-x^. Imm. sk. 

 «/'•', s^ S ; «^-e^ Ulceby, Lincolnshire, Oct. 20, 



2 imm. sk. 1888. 



d^ S ad. sk. Didlington, Norfolk, Jan. 31, 



1859 (J. G.). 

 e\ S ad. ; P-k^- Merton Hall, Norfolk, Sept. 15, 



Imm. sk. 1888. 



P, m\ 6 imm. Merton Hall, Sept. 26, 1888. 



sk. 

 w=, o^. cJ 2 ad. ; Merton Hall, June. 



p^-s^. Juv. st. 

 t\te. S ; v'-x^ King's Lynn, Oct. 17, 1888. 



' 2 ad. sk. 

 V*. 2 ad. sk. Suffolk, Jan. 8, 1889. 

 v^ 2 ad sk. Northamptonshire, Mav 1881 



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[P.]. 

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Hiune Coll. 



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