86 SXTJENID^. 



21. Ad. sk. Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



v-a'. Ad. sk. Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



b'-ff'. Ad. sk. Nepal (B. H. Hodf/son). India Museum. 



A'. $ imm. sk. Dinapur, Oct. 11, 1873 (IF. Hume Coll. 

 E. Brooks). 



3. Sturnus poltoratzskii. 



Sturnus poltoratzkii, Fimch, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 712 ; id. Mitth. z.-b. 



Gcscllsch. Wien, xxix. p. 201 (1879) ; Homeyer 8f Tancre, Mitth. 



Oni. Ver. Wicn, 188-3, p. 88 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 439 ; Scully, 



J. A. S. Berir/. Ivi. p. 86 (1887) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) 



Zool. V. p. 82 (1889). 

 Sturnus nobilior, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 175 ; Nikolishai, Trud. St. 



Petersb. xvii. p. 388 (1886). 

 ? Sturnus vulgaris, Homeyer ^ Tancre, t. c. p. 88. 



Achdt male (type of species). Similar to S. vulgaris, and witli 

 green scapulars, but distinguished by the violet or reddish-purple 

 wing-covcrts ; lower back and rump green ; head purple, sometimes 

 with slight greenish reflexions ; throat purple ; flanks beautiful 

 reddish purple with a slight bronzy gloss : " bill yellow, the base 

 of the lower mandible horn-grey ; feet reddish brown ; iris brown " 

 (0. Finsch). Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 4-9, tail 

 2"5, tarsus 1"2. 



Hah. Altai Mountains to Afghanistan, south into the plains of 

 India in winter, and westwards to the Caucasus and even to Cyprus. 



a. S fid. sk. Famag-usta, Cyprus, Feb. 25, 1888 Lord Lilford [P.]. 



{H. Guilleniard). 



b. Ad. sk. Caucasus, Feb. 18, 1887. Warsaw Mus. [P.]. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Kuldscha, Aug. 11. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 



d. S ad. sk. Marka Kul, Chinese High Altai, Dr. 0. Finsch [C.]. 



June 7, 1876. (Type of species.) 



e,f. c? ad.sk. Kushk, W.Afghanistan, Dec. 1884. Dr. Aitchison [C.]. 



ff, h. J ad. ; i. Gulran, March 1885. Dr. Aitchison [C.]. 



2 ad. sk. 



k, I. Ad. ; m. Kandahar {Griffith). India Museum. 



Juv. sk. 



n. S ad. sk. Kandahar, Jan. 23, 1879 {Sir 0. Hume Coll. 



St. John). (Type of >S'. nobilior,) 



o-s. cJ ad. sk. Kandahar, Feb., March, April (Sir Hume CoU. 



O. St. John), 



t, u. Imm. sk. Kandahar, Sept. 17, 1879 {Sir 0. Hume Coll. 



St. John). 



V. J ad. sk. Kandahar, Oct. 81, 1879 {Sir O. Hume Coll. 



St. John), 



w. Ad sk. Murdan, Dec. 1870. Hume Coll. 



x. Ad. sk. N.W. India {A. Grate). Gould Coll. 



