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p. 419 ; Murray, Vertehr. Faun. Sind, p. 178 (1 884) ; Swinh. ^ 



Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 128 ; Taylor, Str. F. 1887, p. 462 ; Salvad. 



Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) iv. p. 603 (1887) ; Himie, Str. F. xi. 



p. 262 (1888). 

 Pastor tristis, War/Ier, Syst. Ai\, Pastor, sp. 5 (1827) ; Sykes, P. Z. S. 



1832, p. 95 ; AlcCkll. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 103 ; Jerd. Madr. Juurn. 



xi. p. 20 (1840) ; Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. 3Iisc. p. 84 (1844) ; Gray, 



Cat. Mamni. etc. Nepal pres. Hodys. p. 104 (1846). 

 Maina tristoides, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. v. p. 771 (1836). 

 Pastor tristoides, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit, Mus., Passeres, pi. 272. 



%s. 1, 2 (no. 30.3). 

 Acridotheres fuscus {nee }]^agl.), Wardhnv Ramsay, Ibis, 1879, p. 448 



{lajysu). 



Adult male. General colour above vinous brown with an ashy shade; 

 scapulars and under tail-coverts like the back ; lesser wing-coverts also 

 like the back ; median and greater coverts rather more bronzy olive- 

 brown ; bastard-wing black, some of the feathers externally white ; 

 primary-coverts pure white ; quills black, white at the base, the secon- 

 daries blackish, externally bronzy brown, the inner one.s entirely of 

 this colour ; centre tail-feathers blackish, glossed with green, shghtly 

 tipped with white ; remainder black, externally greenish black, 

 broadly tipped with white, increasing in extent towards the outer- 

 most ; crown of head and nape, hiiid neck, lores, sides of face, ear- 

 coverts, and cheeks greenish black; throat and chest ashy blackish, 

 with a slight greenish gloss ; abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; 

 breast, sides of body, flanks, and thighs vinous brown, shaded with 

 ashy ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries white ; quills below blackish, 

 white at the base : " eyelids, bill, and skin about the eyes yellow ; 

 edges of the eyehds black ; mouth bluish black ; iris reddish brown, 

 mottled with white ; legs yellow ; claws horn-colour " {E. W. Oatcs). 

 Total length 9-5 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 5-9, tail 3-7, tarsus 1'5. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 9*5 

 inches, culmen 1, wing 5'5, tail 3-45, tarsus 1*4. 



Hah. Prom Afghanistan over the whole of the Indian Peninsula, 

 Burma, and Tenasserim. The South-Indian specimens are darker 

 and approach A. melanostemus. 



a-f. Ad. sk. Afghanistan {Griffith). India Museum. 



g. Ad. sk. Jellalabad {Griffith). India Museum. 



h. Ad. sk. Pushut {Griffith). India Museum. 



I. Ad. sk. Shikarpur, Scinde (G;'/^;70- India Museum. 



k. S ad. sk. Mount Abu, May 21, 1868 Hume Coll. 



{G. King), 

 l-o. 6; P- 2 ad. sk. Sambhur, Feb., June {P. Hume Coll. 



M. Adam). 

 q. 2 ad. sk. Sambhm-, Jime 16, 1871 {P. Tweeddale Coll. 



M. Adam), 

 r-u. (S ? ad. sk. Samblun, July, Dec. {P. Hume Coll. 



M. Adam). 

 V. d ad. sk. Delhi, Feb. 26, 1876 {C. T. Hume Coll. 



Bingham), 

 w, x. 6 ? ad. sk. Murdan, Feb. 1, 1871 {E. A. Hume Coll. 



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