on Dr. Jerdou's ' Birds of India.' 39 



prove to differ. Again, there are three races in Temenuchus 

 melanopterus (Daud.), of Java, which is pure black and white, 

 T. tricolor (Horsf.), of Java, which has a grey back, and T. 

 burmannicus, Jerdon, which has considerably less of white on 

 its plumage ; but the last name will not, I think, stand, as the 

 Pastor peguanus, Lesson (Tr. d^Orn. p. 404), seems to be 

 founded on the young of the same species. Sturnopastor 

 moorei, Tytler (Ann. Mag. N. H. 1854, xiv. p. 176), S. niger, nobis 

 (Ibis, 1859, p. 211), is founded on cage-specimens of S. contra 

 which had assumed a black plumage, the effect probably of 

 some particular kind of diet, as is the case with Bullfinches fed 

 too much upon hempseed. One given to me by Col. Tytler re- 

 assumed the ordinary colouring of S. contra at its next moult 

 (Ibis, 1860, p. 99). Dr. Jerdon only notices incidentally (vol. i. 

 p. 62) that this species commonly builds in society, several of 

 its huge nests near together*. 



685. AcRiDOTHERES GiNGiNiANUS (Lath.); " Groculu cinerea, 

 Cuv.," Pucheran. 



686. AcRiDOTHERES Fuscus ( Wagler) . 



A. ater, Vieillot, " totus niger, cauda apice alba," from Pon- 

 dicherry, w^ould seem to denote the Javan Pastor griseus of 

 Horsfield, with an erroneous habitat. A. cinereus of Celebes is 

 another closely allied race. A. fuscus may occasionally be seen 

 in the streets of Calcutta, and is the prevalent species in the 

 neighbourhood of the salt-water lake in the immediate vicinity. 

 Col. Tytler informed me that he had seen A. ginginianus within 

 the ramparts of Fort William ; but its appearance there is rare 

 and quite exceptional. He has also given an interesting ac- 

 count of these birds becoming accustomed to target-practice 

 (Ann. Mag, N. H. 1854, xiv. p. 174). 



687. Temenuchus pagodarum (Gmel.) ; Vieill. Gal. des 

 Ois. pi. 148. 



688. Temenuchus malabaricus. 



Dr. Cabanis (Mus. Hein. i. p. 205) erroneously refers T. 

 blythi (no. 689) to this species. Hetcerornis albofrontata, La- 



* <S'. nigricolUs of Siam aud Southern Cliiua would appear to resemble 

 S. contra in its mode of building (Ibis, 1866, p. 293). 



