10, ACEIDOTHEEES. 



89 



/5. Ad. sk. 



y, 5, f. 6 ad. sk. 

 f, >?• $ ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 0. $ ad. sk. 



'< K. d 2 ad. sk. 

 ^> M- d ? ad. sk. 

 ", ^. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 o, TT. Ad. sk. 

 p. c? ad. sk. 



<T. Ad. sk. 



Pabyouk, March 1.3, 1874 ( W. Hume Coll. 



D.). 



Yeaboo,]MarclalO,1874(Tr.Z).). Hume Coll. 



Amherst, March, June ( W. D.). Hume Coll. 



Lemyne, March 28, 1874 Hume Coll. 



( W. D.). 



Tavoy, March 21, 1878 ( W. D.). Hume Coll. 



Mergui, Nov. 1874 ( W. D.). Hume Coll. 



Penang, July 9, 1879 ( W. D). Hume Coll. 



Peuang {Dr. Cantor). ludia Museum. 



Jerome, Salangore, Aug. 15, Hume Coll. 



IS7Q {W. Daiison). 



Malacca {Dr. Cantor). India Museum. 



Subsp. a. Acridotheres mahrattensis. 

 Pastor mahrattensis, Syhes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 95. 

 Pastor fuscus {nee Wac/ler), Jerd. Madr. Joitrn. xi. p. 21 (1840). 

 Acridotheres fuscus, Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Miis. E. 1. Co. ii. 



p. 537 (1856, pt.) ; Hume, Nests S) Eons Lid. B. p. 431 (1873, pt.) ; 



Fairb. Sir. F. 1876, p. 206 ; Vidal, Str. F. 1880, p. 70 :Tern/,Str. 



F. 1887, p. 478 ; Tai/lor, Str. F. 1887, p. 462. "^ ' 

 Acridotheres mahrattensis, Bhjth, Ibis, 1873, p. 79 ; Morgan IMs, 



1875, p. 322 ; Hmne, Str. F. 1879, p. 106 ; Davison, Str. F. 1883 



p. 400. 



Adult male. Similar to A.fvscus, but much larger, and having a 

 blue iris ; the sides of the body more ashy, and not so isabclline : 

 " bill orange-yellow, dusky on the sides of the base ; legs and feet 

 yellow ; iris blue " {E. A. Butler). Total length 10 inches, culmen 

 1, wing 5, tail 3, tarsus 1-4. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 10 inches, cul- 

 men 0-95, wing 4-8, tail 3, tarsus 1-35. 



Ilab. Eeplaces the foregoing species in Southern India, ranging 

 as high as the Godavery Valley on the east, and the neighbourhood 

 of Ahmedabad on the west. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 

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ad. sk. 

 g,h. cJ ; i, k, I. i 



ad. sk. 

 m. cS ad. sk. 



n. 2 ad. sk. 

 0. (S ad. sk. 



P> 1, i: d ; s. 2 



ad. sk. 

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Wj i'. d 2 ad. sk. 



Ahmedahad. Hume Coll. 



Marsapatam,iiearPtajamundri. Hume Coll. 



Deccan {Col. Sijkes). India Museum. 



Mahahaleshwur Hills, March, Hume Coll. 



May, Nov. {S. B. Fairbank). 



Khandala, April, May {S. B. F.). Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Bankot, S. Konkan, April 7, 



1878 {G. Vidal). 

 Kelsi, March 9, 1878 (G. Vidal). 

 Gohagar, March 6, 1879 



{G. Vidal). 

 Belgaum, Nov. 1880 ( Col. E. A. Hume Coll 



Butler). 

 Nellacotta, Wynaad, March 20, 



1881 ( W. Davison). 

 Seegore, Nov. 22, 1882. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



W. Davison, 



[P.]. 



Esq. 



