b. Ad. sk. Amoy, Jan. 18G7 {E. Seebohm Coll. 



Swuihoe). 



c. Juv. sk. Amoy, May 1806 (H. Seebohm Coll. 



Sici/iJive). 



d. Juv. sk. Amoy, July 4, 18G6 {R. Seebohm Coll. 



Swinhoe). 

 e-m. Ad. et juv. Amoy, April, Nov., Dec. 



sk. (R. SioinJioe.) 



n, 0. Ad. sk. Fokien. Gould CoU. 



p. c? ad. sk. Foochow. Tweeddale Coll. 



y. Juv. sk. Foochow, Sept. 21,1859. Consul S\viuhoe[C.]. 



r. Imm. sk. Canton. Tweeddale Coll. 



s, t. Ad. sk. Cocliin China. M. E. Pierre [P.]. 



«. Ad. ; I'. Juv. sk. Smiii [Fin I cr^son). India Museum. 



w, .)■. Ad. sk. Siam. Hume Coll. 



y. Ad. sk. Siam. Gould Coll. 



2, a'. Ad. sk. Bhamo, Upper Burma. Gates Coll. 



b'. $ ad. sk. Ptight Bank of Tapeng Dr. J. iVnderson [C.]. 



Piver, Feb. 5, 1875. 

 c'. (S ad. sk. Muangla, Sanda Valley, Dr. J. Anderson [C.]. 



May 2, 1868. 

 d'-k'. Ad. sk. Tenasserim River, Dec. Hume CoU. 



1878 to Feb. 1879 



{Mandelli Coll.). 



2. Graculipica melanoptera. 



Gracula melanoptera, Dated. Traite, ii. p. 286 (1800) ; Vieill. N. 



Diet. cTHut. Nat. xix. p. 390 (1818). 

 Pastor tricolor, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 115 (1820) ; Blyth, 



J. A. S. Bcng. xiii. p. 305 (1814) ; Gray Sf Mitch. Gen. B. ii. pi. 83 



Acridotheres melanopterus, Bo7in. et J ledl. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 689 



(1823). 

 Pastor melanopterus, Wagler, Syst. .4i'., Pastor, sp. 11 (1827) ; Horsf. 



(§• Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 542 (1856). 

 Heterornis melanopterus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 335 (1847). 

 Sturnopastor melanoptera, i?/i. Consp. i. p. 420 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. -I-l, no. 6314 (1870) ; NiehoU. Ibis, 1881, p. 152. 



Adult male. Pure white above and below, with here and there a 

 tinge of creamy buff, a little more distinct on the head and on the 

 rump, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; wing-coverts white ; bastard- 

 wing black ; primary-coverts white ; quUls black, the primaries 

 white at the base ; the secondaries bronzy brown, with a coppery- 

 green shade on the margin ; tail-feathers greenish black, tipped with 

 white at the ends ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, like the 

 breast ; quills black below, white at base, the small first primary 

 white ; bill and feet yellow (in skin) ; bare space round the eye 

 yellow : "roof of mouth black; iris nearly white" {II. 0. Forbes). 

 Total length 9 inches, culmen I'l, wing 5-2, tail 3, tarsus 1-4. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length S'5 inches, 

 culmeu 1, wing 4-9, tail 2-75, tarsus 1-35. 



Ilah. Java ; Madura. 



a, 6. d ? iid. sk. Java (Mus, Lugd.). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



