72 SXrRXIDiE. 



Sturuia daurica, Bhjth, Cat. B. Mus. ^s. .Soc. p. Ill (1849) ; Cab. 



Mas. Hein. Th. i. p. 204 (ISoO) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 270 (1874) ; 



Vorderm. Nat.Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xliv. p. 200 (1885), xlv. p. 395 



(1886). 

 Heteromis daui-icus, Bp. Con»p. i. p. 418 (1850) ; SicinJi. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 302 ; Di/botvski, J. f. O. 1872, p. 4.-i4 ; Tacz. J. f. O. 



1874, p. 334, 187^, p. 252, 1870, p. 198 ; id. Bull. Sac. Zuol. France, 



i. p. 174(1876), X. p. 472 (1885) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. 



Lid. xli. p. 307 (1882). 

 Caloruis dauiicus, B/i/f/i, Cat. B. Mas. As. Soc, App. p. 20 (1852) ; 



Horsf. Si Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 544 (1856) ; Moore, 



P. Z. S. 1859, p. 445 ; B/i/t/i, J. A. S. Bencj. xxxi. p. 342, note 



(1862) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 340 (1863) ; Bhjth Sf Wald. B. 



Burm. p. 91 (1875). 

 Sturnus pyrrhogenys {nee T. ^- S.), Sicinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 3-38. 

 Tenienuclius dauricus. Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 21, no. 6300 (1869) ; 



Sn-inh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 384 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1874, pp. 249, 480 ; 



Prjei\ in Bowley^s Dm. Misc. ii. p. 280 (1877) ; David Sf Oust. Ois. 

 Chine,- p. 362 (1887). 

 Sturnia sturniua, Hume ^-Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 393 (1878): Hume, 



Sir. F. 1879, p. 106; Bint/ham, Str. F. ix. p. 193 ; Oates, B. Brit. 



Burm. i. p. 383 (1883). 



Adult male. General colour abo^e glossy purplish violet ; scapulars 

 white with black bases ; lower back like the mantle ; rump sandy 

 buff; upper tail-coverts glossy green with purple reflexions ; lesser 

 wing-coverts black ; median coverts white with black bases ; greater 

 coverts glossy green, white at the base and having a mesial streak 

 of sandy buff at the ends, broader on the inner ones ; bastard- wing 

 black, the inner feathers white ; primary-coverts and quiils black, 

 externally glossy green, the primaries broadly edged with drab- 

 brown, decreasing towards the base of the inner feathers, the 

 secondaries with a patch of drab-brown near the base of the outer 

 web, the innermost entirely glossy green, with a mesial streak of 

 sandy buff like the greater coverts ; centre tail-feathers glossy green, 

 the remainder black, externally glossj' green, the outermost brown 

 along the outer web ; crown of head, nape, and hind neck dark 

 ashy grey, lighter on the sides of the neck ; on the occiput a patch 

 of pur])lish violet ; lores and a line at base of nostrils, as well as 

 the eyelid, white ; sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks, and entire under 

 surface of body greyish white ; the breast and abdomen, thighs and 

 under tail-coverts purer white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white ; quills below dusky, ashy whitish along the inner edge. 

 Total length G-o inches, culmen 0-75, wing 4*2, tail 2, tarsus 1, 



Adult males in ivlntcr have the white of the wing-coverts, scapulars, 

 and rump strongly washed with ochreous buff. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of S. violacea, but is easily 

 distinguished bj' the scapulars being white at the ends. It is brown 

 instead of purple on the back like the male, rather more ashy on the 

 head and neck, with a dusky patch on the occiput : " bill dark 

 horny, the lower mandible at base whitish to tips of genys ; feet 

 greenish horny ; iris brown " ( W. Davison). Total length G-5 inches, 

 culmen 0-75, wing 4-15, tail 2, tarsus 1. 



