1. STURNUS. 



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t', X'. d 2 ad. sk. 

 /i', v'. d ad. sk. 



f . Ad. 

 o'. Ad. 



Lohardugga, Dec. 1877. 

 Depalpur, 0. India, Jan. 6, 



1882. 

 Deccan {Burgess). 

 Madias {R. G. W. R.). 



Hume Coll. 



Col. Swinhoe [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



2. Sturnus indicus. 



(1879) ; ,'Seeb. Ibis, 1880, p. 18-3; id. Hist. Br. B. ii. p. 13 (1884) ; 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 439. 

 Sturnus vulo^aris {nee L.), Gran, Cat. Mamm. &c. Nepal pres. 



Hodgs. p. 103 (1846). 

 Sturnus splendens, Bp. Consp. i. p. 421 (1S50, e.r Temm. MSS.) ; 



Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 21, no. 6308 (1870). 

 Sturnus unicolor {nee Temm.), Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 173; Jerd. 



B. Lid. ii. p. .322 ; Hume, Ibis, 1870, p. 529. 

 Stm-nus nitens, Hime, Ibis, 1871, p. 410 ; id. S)- Henders. LaJwre to 



York. p. 250, pi. xxiv. (1873) ; Hume, Xesfs ^- Egqs Ind. B. 



p. 425 (1873); id. Sir. F. 1879, p. 106; 3IarshalL'lhis, 1884, 



p. 419. > > > 



Sturnus ambiguus, Hume, Sir. F. 1876, p. 512. 



Sturnus humii. Brooks, Ibis, 1876, p. 500 ; Gould, B. Asia, descr. 

 uec fig. (1877) ; Brooks, Sir. F. 1879, p. 487. 



Adidt (type of Sturnus Jmmii, Gould). Similar to ;S'. vulgaris, 

 but with the breast and flanks bronzy green ; scapulars bronzy 

 green ; -wing-coverts steel-green ; back reddish puqjle ; lower back 

 and rump bronzy green with a gloss of reddish purple ; head bluish 

 green, nape and hind neck reddish purple, the former with a gloss 

 of steel-blue. Total length 8 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 47, tail 

 2-25, tarsus 1-1. 



The males have the wing from 4-5o-4-S inches, and the females 

 from 4*G to 4"7 inches. 



Hab. Himalayas from Cashmere to jSTepal, apparently rarely 

 descending to the plains. 



a. c? ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c-i. d 2 sd. sk. 



A-. J ad. sk. 



I. Juv. sk. 



m. Ad. ; n, a. 

 d 2 JUY. sk. 

 p. Juv. sk. 

 q, r. Ad. sk. 

 s. Ad. sk. 



t. 2 ad. sk. 



Cashmere, May 1867 (T. C. 



Jerdon). 

 Cashmere, May 1867. 

 Cashmere, May, June ( Tf. F. 



Brooks). 

 Cashmere, June 10, 1870. 



Cashmere, Aug. 1872 ( W. F. 



Brooks) . 

 Cashmere. Sept. 1872 ( W. F. 



Brooks). 

 Cashmere. 

 N.W. India. 

 N.W. India. 



Horaigot, Kumaon Bhabur, 

 March 24, 1871 {G. Xing). 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 



Dr. G. Henderson [C.]. 



(Type of S. nitens.) 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Goidd Coll. 



(Type of iS". humii.) 

 Hume CoU, 



D 2 



