44 STUENIDJE. 



ends of the tail-feathers. Total length 8 inches, culmen 1"05, wing o, 

 tail 2"55, tarsus 1-45. 

 Hab. Unknown. 



a. Ad. sk. ? Prof. R. CoUett [P.]. 



(_Type of species.) 



3. Poliopsar sericeus. 



Silk Starling', Brown, III. Oni. p. 48, pi. 21 (1776). 



Silk Stare, Lath. Gen. Si/)i. ii. pt. i. p. 10 ( 1783). 



Sturnus sericeus, Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 805 (1788) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1861, 

 p. 338 ; id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 301 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 22, no. 6310 

 (1870) ; id. Fasc. B. China, pi. v. (1871) ; Sivinh. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 384; David ^- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 362, pi. 87 (1877) ; Blakist. ^ 

 Pn/er, Ibis, 1878, p. 233 ; Blakist. Amended List B. Japan, p. 30 

 (1844). 



Pastor leucocepbalus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 334 (1847). 



Ileterornis sericeus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 418 (1850). 



Temenuchus sericeus, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 60, 18G1, p. 44. 



Poliopsar sericeus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 476. 



Adult. General colour above light ashy grey, a little darker on 

 the hind neck, where the feathers arc long and lanceolate ; scapulars 

 like the back, externally white, with a subterniinal shade of black ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts a liltle lighter grey, with ashy-whitish 

 margins ; lesser wing-coverts blackish, edged with slaty grey ; median 

 coverts glossy purplish black ; greater coverts black, externally 

 glossy green, with purple reflexions, velvety black interiorly ; 

 bastard- wing black, externally white ; primary-coverts white, black 

 near the centre of the tips of the feathers ; quills black, the primaries 

 externally glossy purple and white at the extreme base ; the secon- 

 daries externally glossy green, like the greater coverts, bluish or 

 purple towards the ends ; centre tail-feathers glossy green, the re- 

 mainder black, externally bluish green or purple ; crown of head 

 and nape, sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks, throat, sides of neck, and 

 fore neck white, followed by an ashy-grey breast ; abdomen white ; 

 sides of body and flanks pale ashy grey tinged \Aith brown ; thighs 

 white, ashy grey posteriorly ; under tail-coverts white ; under wing- 

 coverts and axil'laries white ; quiUs below dusky, ashy brown along 

 the inner edge, the base of the quills white : " bill bright red, with 

 the tips white ; feet orange : iris black, with a light circle "' (A. 

 David). Total length 7'8 inches, culmen 1, wing -i-TS, tail 2-4, 

 tarsus 1"15. 



All the males, so marked, are of a delicate grey, and vary very 

 slightly in the direction of a whiter or a browner head. A female 

 collected by Mr. lleeves at Ningpo is altogether browner, rather 

 more ashy on the rump ; the gloss on the wings and tail less dis- 

 tinct ; primary-coverts blackish brown near the base, white at the 

 ends, with a central black streak ; head whitish, ashy grey on sides 

 of crown and hind neck ; sides of face whitish, ashy on the cheeks ; 

 under surface of body as in the male, but light brown instead of 

 grey. This specimen is apparently immature. 



Hub. Central and Southern China. Doubtful in Japan. 



