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more delicate shade. The hen has a green tinge on 
the back. The young in this species are of a yellowish 
green above, and white with black streaks below, abso- 
lutely unlike the parents. Asin the last species, they 
have dark bills, while the old ones have rosy ones. 
This species is partially migratory, visiting Turkestan 
insummer. But the only regularly migratory Oriole is 
the Golden Oriole of Europe (Oriolus galbula), which 
occasionally but rarely visits us in Sind in winter. This 
species is almost exactly like our Indian bird above de- 
scribed, chiefly differing by its longer wings and showing 
less black on the face and tail. And people who admire, 
as so many do, the beautiful Mango-bird, should bear in 
mind that its equally lovely European relative would un- 
doubtedly settle in England if allowed, as it is constantly 
visiting that country, usually getting shot before it has 
time to breed; and therefore do all they can, when at 
home on leave, to protect rare birds. 
THE STARLINGS OR MYNAHS. 
The Mynahs form a very interesting family of Kastern 
birds, of which the only common European representative 
is the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) known to the natives in 
India, which it visits in winter, as the Spotted Mynah. 
India abounds in birds of this group, most of them re- 
sidents, and several very common. Birds of this family 
are very easily recognized by their short tails, strong, 
coarse feet, and the peculiar way in which the mouth 
turns down at the corners, as well shown in the Pied 
Mynah on Plate II (Fig. 4), which is a very typieal 
