38 



STUENIDiE. 



/. Ad. sk 



Erzeroum {Bickson »§• Hoss). 



Erzeroum (Tfiict de Pavilion). 



Trebizoiid {Kcifh Abbott). 



Asia Minor, iMay 21, 18G5 (T. 



Robnon). 



A-, Z. d 2 fii^- sk. Kandahar, Dec. 8, 1880. 

 m. 2 fill- sk. Kandahar, Feb. 24, 1879 {Sir 0. St. 



John). 

 Rawul Pindi {J. Biddulph). 

 Gurgaon district, Delhi, Feb. 22, 



1879 ( W. N. Chill). 

 India. 



q. Ad. sk. 

 'h. [Juv.l sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 



$ ad. sk. 

 (jT ad. sk. 



p. Ad. sk. 



Gould Coll. 



(Type of species.) 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Col. Swinhoe [C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



(Plate II.) 

 Jvvotn. p. 64 (1873); 



Subsj). a. Sturnus porphyronotus. 



Sturnus unicolor (nee T.), Severtz. Turkcst. 



Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 283. 

 Sturnus purpurascens {nee Gould), Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 176 (1879) ; 



Brooks, t. c. p. 448 ; Dresser, B. Eur. iv. pi. 249 (1880, nee descr.) ; 



Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 79; Sculli/, t. c. p. 573; Biddidph, Ibis, 



1882, p. 8 ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 58 ; Menzbier, Ibis, 1885, p. 353 ; 



Lorenz, Beitr. Orn. Faun. Cmic. p. 9 (1887). 

 Sturnus vulgaris (wee L.), Scully, Sir. F. iv. p. 162 (1870). 

 Sturuus porphyronotus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 438. 



Adult. Similar to S. purpurascens, but with the back entirely 

 reddisli purple like the rump and upper-tail coverts ; a slight shade 

 of purplish blue on the back in very old birds, but the back not 

 steel-green as in S. purpurascens ; head dark green ; throat dark 

 green. Total length 8 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 5-05, tail 2-45, 

 tarsus 1-15. 



Hah. Central Asia from Yarkand to Afghanistan, wintering in 

 the plains of India. 



b. Ad. sk. Yarkand {Chapman). 



c,d. !^ 2 i^"^'' ^^- Yarkand, Aug. 1870 {G. Hen- 

 derson). 



e. $ ad. sk. Yarlcand, Alarch 14, 1875 {J. 



Scidly). 



f. 5 ad. sk. Yarkand, Oct. 15,1 874 (J;<S'cm//(/). 

 g-h. Ad. sk. Yarkand (J. Biddulph). 



l-r. Ad. sk. Kashgar {Dr. Belleic). 



s Ad. sk. Jellalabad, Afghanistan, March 



1840 {Dr. Griffith), 

 t, u. Ad. sk. Cabul, Oct. 20, 1839 {Dr. 



Griffith). 

 V. (S ad. sk. Rawid I'indi {J. Biddulph). 



ic. Ad. sk. Sirza district, Punjab. 



.V. Ad. sk. Murdan, Dec. 1870. 



y,z. (S ad.sk. Ferozopur, Nov. 1867(^.0. .ff.). 



«', i', C. d $ ''ilgit, March, Oct. 



ad. sk. 

 d'. d ad. sk. Y^assin, Oct. 22, 1878. 



e'. Ad. sk. N.W. India. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. (Types of 



species.) 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 India Museum. 

 India Museum. 



India Museum. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Col. Biddulph [C.]. 



Col. Biddulph [C.]. 

 Pinwill Coll. 



