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Hab. Iiulia generally (?) ; Bengal ; Nepal ; Arakan ; Tenas- 

 serini ; Penang ; Sumatra ; Java. 



A. B. Adults. C. T). Yovnig, from the neighbourhood 

 of Calcutta (1841-4). N. B. Irides of adult briUiant 

 yellow. E. Si)ecimen from Ye (Tenasserini). Presented 

 by the Rev. J. Barbe (1846). F. Rufescent variety, from 

 the Mednapur district (1847). 



G. {Acr. fusctis v. mahrattensis : irides pale grey — 

 Sykes ; greyish-white — Jerdon.) Specimen presented by 

 T. C. Jerdon, Esq. (1842). H. Young, do. From 

 Gumsur. Presented by R Macpherson, Esq. 



Genus Sturnus, Lin. 



5/8. St. temporalis. 



Syn. Pastor temporalis. Tern. 

 Hab. China. 



A. Specimen (in bad order), presented by Lord A, II ay 

 (1846). 



579. St. contra, L. {PL Enl. 280 ; EJwards, pi. 187). 

 Syn. St. capensis, L. 



Pastor auricuJaris, Drapiez. 

 P.jalla, Horsficld. 



Ahlaka, H. : Gnia-leggra, Beng. : Qwijai-iharet, 

 Arakan : Jallak, or Jallak-xmnrj, Java. 

 Hab. India; Sumatra; Java. 



A. Male. B. Female. C Young. From the vicinity 

 of Calcutta (1842). 



.580. St. vulgaris, L. 



Syn. St. milieus, Hodgson. 



Telia Maina, Hind. : Saruk, Kabul. 

 Hab. Europe, Asia : common in Himalaya. Upper Bengal ? 

 A. B. Specimens purchased alive in Calcutta ; probably 

 from Rajmahl (1842). C. Specimen from Nepal. Pre- 

 sented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. (1842). I). E. F. G. 

 H. I. Specimens in various states of plumage, from 

 England. Presented by the Cornish Institution (1846) 

 and by Mr. W. Davison (1844). 



581. St. unicolor, Marmora. 



Hab. N. Africa ; Sardinia : and a more brilliantly glossed 

 variety in Afghanistan. 



A. Male, from Sardinia. B. Female, from Algiers. Pre- 

 sented by M. Alfred Malherbe (1848). 

 C. Kandahar specimen. Capt. Ilutton (1849). 



Genus Psargglossa, Hodgson. 



582. Ps. spiloptera (Gould's 'Century,' pi. 34). 



Syn. Lamprotornis spilopterus. Vigors. 

 Puli, Masuri. 



