114 STURNIDiE. 



Pastor nigi-ocinctus, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1850, p. 68; Sd. 



P. Z. S. 1857, p. 6. 

 Melanopvrrluis aoais, Pj). C. P. xxxvii. p. 831 (1853) ; id. Notes 



Coll. Delattre, p. 9 (1854); Sd. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 6; id. Juurn. 



Lijin. Soc. ii. p. 159 (1858) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. x. 



p. 150 (1877), xvi. p. 195 (1880); id. Orn. Papiiasia etc. ii. p. 462 



(1881) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 644 ; Sharpe in GouhrsP. Neic 



Guinea, iv. pi. 16 (1886). 

 ' GraciJa pectoralis, Wall. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 16!^ pi. xx. ; Scl. Ibis, 



1863, p. 225 ; FinscJi, Neu-Guinea, p. 174 (1865). 

 Gracula (Melauopyrrbus) anais, Gray, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist (3) x. 



p. 473 (1852). 

 Gracula anais, Wall. Ann. ^ May. Nat. Hist. (3) xi. p. 15 (1863) ; 



Schl. Mils. Pays-Pas, Coraces, p. 98 (1867) ; id. Nederl. Tijdschr. 



8vo, iv. p. 18 (]871) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 697 ; Posetib. Malay. 



Arch. p. 654 (1879). 

 Eulabes anais, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 19, no. 6276 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above black with a green gloss, very 

 slightly varied with pui'ple ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; 

 median and greater coverts black, edged with glossy green : bastard- 

 wing, primary- coverts, quills, and tail-feathers black, with a slight 

 gTceuish wash externally ; seven long primaries marked with white, 

 the first and seventh only on the inner web ; lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts deep orange-yellow ; crown of head, lores, 

 sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks, and throat glossy greenish black ; 

 round the hind neck a broad yellow collar, extending on each side 

 of the occiput ; lower throat, fore neck, and breast orange-yellow ; 

 lower breast, abdomen, and thighs black, edged with glossy green ; 

 lower flanks, lower abdomen, and vent orange-yellow : the under 

 tail-coverts white; under wing-coverts, axillaries, and under surface 

 of quills black ; bill and feet pale yellow ; iris yellow. Total 

 length 9-5 inches, culmeu 0-95, wing 5-4, tail 2-8, tarsus 1-3. 



Young. Duller black than the adults, the feathers being black 

 with glossy green margins : wing and tail entirely black, except for 

 the large white patch on the primaries ; sides of neck and a broad 

 collar round the hind neck pale yellow with a tinge of orange : sides 

 of face and throat black with scarcely any gloss; remainder of 

 under surface of body black, with broad yellow edges. 



Hab. North-western Sew Guinea : Salawati. 



(i-d. cJ 5 ad. sk. Salawati, June, July 1868 Salvin-Godman and 

 ( Von Rosenberg), Tweeddale Colls. 



e. Ad. sk. New Guinea. AVaUace Coll. (Type 



of Gracula 2iectoralis.) 



f. Ad. ; g. Juv. sk. New Guinea. Wallace Coll. 



2. Melanopyrrhus orientalis. 



Gracula anais, Schlegel, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 18 (1871, nee 



Less.). 

 Gracula anais orientalis, Schlegel, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 52 



(1881) ; Rosenb. Reis. naar Geelvinkbai, p. 140 (1875). 

 Gracula orientalis, Beccari, Ann. Mus, Civic. Genov, vii. p. 714 



