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Sturnia incognita, Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 396 (1879), ix. p. 295 



(1880). 

 Sturnia leucocephak, Oates, B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 386 (1883). 

 Poliopsar leucocephalus, S/iarjn', Ibis, 1888, p. 476. 



Adult. Similar to P. hurmanicus, but larger, slaty black above, 

 Tvitb a greenish tinge ; lower rump pale fawn-buff, forming a band ; 

 sides of neck and hind neck pinkish vinaceous like the breast, and 

 forming a collar ; wings much darker than in P. hurmanicus, and the 

 primary-coverts entirely white ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers 

 blackish, the white ends much broader than in P. hurmanicus : " bill 

 and legs yellow, the base of the bill reddish orange : iris brown " 

 (GiffUoU). Total length 9-5 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 4'95, tail 

 2-9, tarsus 1-35. 



A curious difference in the colour of the head is exhibited in two 

 specimens from Cochin China in the iluseum. In one the head is 

 greyish white, like the types of Sturnia incorjnita, and in the other 

 it is creamy white. 



Hah. Cochin China and Siam, extending to the borders of the 

 province of Tenasserim. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Cochin China. M. E. Pierre [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Siam. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 d-m. Ad. sk. Siam {Mandelli Cull.). Hume Coll. (Types 



of »S' incognita.) 

 n-u. Ad. sk. Headwaters of Tenas- Hume Coll. 



serim River ( Manclelli 

 Coll.). 



7. Poliopsar andamanensis. 



Temenuchus ervthropvgius {nee Bli/th, 1846), Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. 

 xxviii. p. 274 (1859*), xxix. p. 106 (1860). 



Temenuchus andamanensis, Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 239 {e.v Tytler 

 MSS.); Blyth, Ibis, 1868, p. l:y ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 20, 

 no. 6298 (1870) ; Ball, J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. pt. 2, p. 242 (1870), 

 xli. pt. 2, p. 285 (1872) ; id. Str. F. 187-3, p. 75 ; Hume, Str. F. 

 1874, p. 248. 



Sturnia andamanensis, Walden, Ibis, 1873, p. 313, pi. xii. fio-. 2 ; 

 Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 106. 



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



Adult male. General colour above pale ashy grej-, whiter on the 

 rump ; upper tail- coverts grey, edges of the scapulars white ; wings 

 black, with external reflexions of glossy green, the lesser coverts 

 edged with slaty grey ; tail-feathers black, also glossed with green, 

 with a white mark at the end of the inner web of all but the centre 

 ones, this mark increasing in extent towards the outer feathers, 

 which are white for their terminal half and along the greater part 

 of the outer web ; head all round, hind neck, sides of neck, and 

 entire under surface of body white, sometimes inclining to delicate 

 ashy : vent and under tail-coverts tinged with fawn-colour ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries white ; quills dusky below, ashy along 



