80 



a*. Base of lower mandible entirely yel- 

 low ; under surface of body iron- 



e^rey javanicus, p. 90. 



b*. Base of lower mandible with a black 

 spot; under surface of body pale 



silvery grey cinereus, p. 91. 



d'". No white tips to centre tail-feathers; 

 blackish above and below, greyer on 



the under surface r/iraidis, p. 91. 



e". Base of lower mandible reddish; under 

 tail-coverts black, with narrow white 



tips cristatellns, p. 92. 



d' . With a whitish collar on each side of the 

 neck ; under tail-coverts black, tipped with 

 white alhocinctus, p. 94. 



1. Acridotheres tristis *. 



Le Merle des Philippines, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 278 (1760) ; Daubent. 

 PI. Enl. iv. pi. 219. 



Paradisea tristis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 167 (1766). 



Le Martin, Month. Hist. 'Nat. Ois. iii. p. 42-3 (1775). 



Gracula tristis, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 190 (1790) ; Sundev. Ann. ^- Mug. 

 Nat. Hist, xviii. p. 303 (1846). 



Gracula gryllivora. Baud. Traite, p. 285 (]800). 



Acridotheres tristis, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Metli. ii. p. 688 (1823) ; 

 Bhjth, J. A. 8. Bene/, xiii. p. 361 (1844), xv. p. 314 (1846) ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. ii. p. 335 (1847); Tickell, J. A. S. ^e«^. xvii. p. 304 

 (1848); Hutton, t.c. pt. 2, p. 8 (1848); Bp. Consp. i. p. 419 

 (1850) ; Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 205 (1850) ; Bli/th, Cat. B. Mm. 

 As. Soc. X). 108 (1849) ; Tytler, Ann. «^'- Mar/. Nat. Hist. (2) xiii. 

 p. 368 (1854) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mas. E.L Co. ii. p. 532 

 (1856) ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 173 ; Irbij, Ibis, 1861, p. 231 ; 

 Bh/th, J. A. S. Benq. xxxi. p. 343, note (1862); E. Netct. Ibis, 

 1863, pp. 273, MQ{ Jerd. B. Lid. ii. p. 325 (1863) ; Beavan, Ibis, 



p. 413 ; Hume, Nests ^- Eygs Ind. B. p. 428 (1873) ; Ball, Sfr. F. 

 1873, p. 75; Unwin, P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 211 ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, 

 p. 246 ; Ball, t. c. p. 419 ; Butler, t. c. p. 494 ; Brooks, Str. F. 



1875, p. 254 ; Bli/t/> ^- Wald. B. Burm. p. 89 (1875) ; Fairb. Str. F. 



1876, p. 260 ; Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 38 ; Gates, t. e.p. 160 ; Fairb. 

 t. c. p. 407 ; Hume S,- I)aviso7i, Str. F. vi. p. 338 (1878) ; Anderso7i, 

 Zool E.vped. Yunnan, Ares, p. 593 (1878) ; Davidson ($■ Wenden, 

 Str. F. vii. p. 84 (1878); Ball, t. c. p. 221 ; Cri/yps, t. c. p. 290; 

 Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 106 ; Scully, t. c. p. 330 ; Wardkm Bamsai/, 

 Ibis, 1880, p. 63 ; Vidal, Str. F. 1880, p. 70 ; Bingham, t. c. p. 192 ; 

 Reid, Str. F. 1881, p. 52; Sim.$on, Ibis, 1882, p. 86 ; Finsch, t. c. 

 p. 394; Davidso7i, Str. F. 1882, p. 311 ; Gates, B. Brit. Burin, i. 

 p. 379 (1883) ; Davison, Str. F. 1883, p. 400; Maishall, Ibts,1884, 



* Count Salvadori thinks that Pastor pcguamis, Less. Traite, p. 404, is A. 

 tristis. The description certainly lends probability to this surmise, but the 

 diagnosis is not satist'aetorv. [P- /Kguanvs, Less., in Belaug. Voy. p. 2(i8 (1834) ; 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 421 (1850) ; Blyth,' J. A. S. Beng. sxsi. p. 348, note (1882).] 



