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STTTENIBJE. 



Acridotlieres melanosternus, Leqge, Ann. 8f Maq. N. H. (5) iii. 

 p. IGS (1870); id. B. Ceylon, p. G70, pi. xxix. fig. 2 (1879); 

 Parker, Ibis, 1886, p. 187. 



Adult male. Similar to A. trisiis, but everywhere much darker, 

 especially on the under surface of the body, which is dark vinous 

 brown, with the throat and chest deeper black, extending also down 

 the centre of the abdomen ; tlie primary-coverts entirely blackish or 

 only edged with white, the quills also much less white at the base 

 than those in A. tristis : " bill yellow, Uackish at the sides near the 

 base of the lower mandible ; legs and feet sickly yellow ; orbital 

 skin yellow, extending round the eye, but being very narrow above 

 is hidden by tlie superciliary feathers ; iris variable, pink-brown, 

 and pinkish grey in some, in others whitish, with fine specks of dark 

 colour" (W. r. Le(jfje). Total length 10 inches, culmen 0'9, wing 

 5-i3D, tail 3"4, tarsus 1-6. 



Adult female. Not different from the male. Total length 9"5 

 inches, culmen 0'9, wing 5'1, tail 3, tarsus 1'45, 



Hab. Ceylon. 



a-c. Ad. sk. Ceylon. T. Thwaites, Esq. 



[C.]. 



d. Ad. ; e,f. Ceylon {S. Chapman). Tweeddale Coll. 



Juv. sk. 



g-l. 6 S ad. Ceylon, April, Dec. {S. Chap- Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. man), 



m-o. Ad. sk. Ceylon (H. Nevill). Tweeddale Coll. 



p. Jun. sk. Ceylon. Hume Coll. 



q. (S ad. sk. Cotta, Ceylon, Sept. 30, 1877 Hume Coll. 



{Hart). 



r. Ad. sk. Eagam Corale, Dec. 4, 1878 Hume Coll. 



{Hart). 



2. Acridotheres ginginianus. 



Le Petit Martin de Gingi, Sonn. Voy. Ind. Orient, ii. p. 194 (1782). 



Gingi Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syji. ii. pt. i. p. 144 (1787). 



Turdus ginginianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 362 (1790). 



Le Martin gris de fer, Leraill. Ois. d'Afr. ii. pi. 95. fig. 2 (1800) ; 



Sundev. Crit. vm Levaill. p. 35 (1858) ; Walden, Trans. Z. S. ix. 



p. 203, note (1877). 

 Gracula grisea, Baud. Traite, ii. p. 280 (1800). 

 Gracula ginginiana, Uand. t. c. p. 288. 



Acridotheres griseus, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 690 (1823). 

 Aciidotheres ginginianus, Bonn, et VieiU. t. c. p. 690 (1823) ; Blyth, 



J. A. S. Bencj. xiii. p. 361 (1844), xv. p. 34 (1846>; Blyth, Cat. B. 



Mns. As. Soc. p. 108 (1849); Bp. Cvnsp. i. p. 419 (IbSO); Cab. 



Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 206, note (1850) ; Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. 



Mns. K I. Co. ii. p. 535 (1860) ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 173 ; 



Jerd. B. Lid. ii. p. 329 (1863) ; BlytJi, Ibis, 1867, p. 39 ; Beava7i, 



Ibis, 1868, p. 171 ; Gray, Hand-L B. ii. p. 20, no. 6285 (1870); 



Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, pp. 401, 413 ; Ht<me, Nests and Eggs 



Ind. B. p. 429 (1873) ; Bull, Str. F. 1874, p. 419; Butler, Str. F. 



1875, p. 494 ; Blyth Sf Wald. B. Burm. p. 89 (1875) ; Ball, Sfr. 



F. vii. p. 221 (1878) ; Cripps, t. c. p. 291 ; Hn7ne, Str. F. 1879, 



