492 CLASS XVI. 



Sunda islands and Ceylon, together with one from New Guinea, Gracula 

 Dumonti Wagl., Mino Dmnontii Less., with head bald. The other 

 species have naked, yellow, lobes of skin at the back of the head. These 

 birds are blue-black, with yellow legs and bill. They learn to speak very 

 intelligibly. 



b) Tail cuneate. Gymnops Cuv. (Head destitute of plumes, except a 

 narrow plumed streak, extending above the forehead.) 



Sp. Gi'acuJa calva L., Buff. PL enl. 200, Gov. E. Ani, ed. ill., Ois. 

 PI. 27, fig. 3; from the Island Lugon. 



Pastor Tem.^l, Gracula Cuv. Bill moderate, compressed, 

 lengthened and conical, subincurved, emarginate before the tip. 

 Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, partly covered by plumed membrane. 

 Feet strong; tarsus longer than middle toe. Wings with first 

 quill very short, mostly second, more rarely third or fourth, 

 longest of all. Tail even or rounded. 



Sp. Pastor roseus Temm., Tardus roseus L., Buff. PI. enl. 251, Naum. Taf. 

 63, Guv. R. Ani., id. ill., Ois. PI. 26, fig. 2 ; head, wings and tail black, 

 elsewhere rose-red ; bill and legs yellow ; in Africa and the South of 

 Europe; — Pastor paffodarum. Tardus pagodarum Gm., Lesson Ornith. 

 PI. 40, fig. 2 ; India, Bengal ; in this and some other species the fourth 

 flag-feather is the longest (ffceierornis Gkay, Sturnia Less.). 



Note. — Add suh- genua A cridotheres Vieill., Gray. 



Sp. Pastor tristis, Paradisoia tristis L., Buff. PI. enl. 219. 



Basilornis Temm. Bill shorter than head, curved. Head crested, 

 with plumes covering the basal part of bill and the nostrils. Tail 

 rounded. Wings with third, fourth and fifth quills unequal, fourth 

 longest of all. 



Sp. Pastor corythaix Wagl. {Basilornis cclchensis Temm.), H. C. Van deb 

 Boon Mesch Niemce Verh. van de eerste Klasse van Tiet KoninU. Instit. 11. 

 bl. 245, with a coloured figure ; black with blue-green reflections ; a white 

 spot behind the eyes and along the neck, flag-feathers brown-black; bill 

 and legs yellow ; at Celebes. 



Dilojjhus ViEiLL., Gray. 



Sp. Bilophus carunculatus, Gracida carunculata Gm., Sturnus gallinaceus 

 Lath. 



Creadion Vieill., Gray, Philestemus Ism. Geoffr. Saint- 

 Hilairei. Bill moderate, high at the base, compressed, with tip 



' Nouv. Annal. du Mus. i. 1832, pp. 390—392. 



