STURNUS. 405 
Sturnus caucasicus, Lorenz. 
Sturnus caucasicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 37 (1890) ; ad., 
Hand-l. v. p. 514 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eversammi. p. 348 (1 910). 
Sturnus vulgaris caucasicus, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i, p. 46 (1903) ; 
Jourd. Eggs Lurop. Birds, i. p. 387 (1906). 
Two eggs of the Caucasus Starling are similar to those of 
S. vulgaris. They measure respectively: 1:18 by ‘85, and 1-19 
by -8+. 
2. Lenkoran, Talish, 8th May. Crowley Bequest. 
Sturnus purpurascens, Gould. 
Sturnus purpurascens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 37 (1890) ; 
Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 400 (1902); td., Eggs Birds Europe, 
p. 342, pl. xxiii. fig. 5 (1908); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p- 514 (1909) ; 
jehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 348 (1910). 
Sturnus vulgaris purpurascens, Hartert, Voy. pal. Faun. 1. p. 46 (1903) ; 
Jourdain, Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 37 (1906). 
An egg of the Purple-winged Starling resembles those of 
S. vulgaris. It measures 1:19 by 85. 
1. Erzeroum, Armenia (H. £. Dresser Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
Sturnus porphyronotus, Sharpe. 
Sturnus vulgaris, Scully (nec Linn.), Str. F. iv. p. 162 (1876). 
Sturnus porphyronotus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1858, p. 438; Oates, ed. Hume, 
Nests § Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 370 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 
xi. p. 38 (1890); zd., Second Yark. Miss. .» Aves, p. 26 (1891) ; 
Hand-l. y. p. 514 (1909); Nehrh. Kat. Eversammi. p. 348 (1910). 
Sturnus vulgaris porphyronotus, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. 1. p. 46 
(1903). 
Eggs of the Central Asian Starling resemble those of S. vulgaris. 
They measure from 1:16 to 1-25 in length, and from ‘81 to ‘86 ip 
breadth. 
4. Turkestan, lst June. Crowley Bequest. 
1. Yarkand, EK. Turkestan, 50th April Hume Coll. 
(J. Scully). 
2. Yarkand, 28th May (J. S.). Hume Coll. 
2. Tibet, 19th April (H. Noble Coll.). 'T. Parkin, Esq. [P.}. 
5. Tibet, 19th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
[P.]. 
Sturnus minor, Hume. 
Sturnus minor, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 522 (1889); zd., 
ed. Hume, Nests § Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 370 ne 389) ; Sharpe, 
Cat. Birds B. M, xiii. p. 89 (1890) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 514 (1909), 
The eggs of the Small Indian Starling resemble those of 
