4 
- 
YEZO, JAPAN—STEJNEGER. 
352 BIRDS FROM 
having the entire rump glossy purplish black. The same peculiarity is” 
observed in No. 96124, which, however, possesses the minimum of chest- 
nut on the ears. Fs 
Measurements. 
4 la:| (ea 
Collector and | 5° _|8 |82| 9 ee, 
Museum and No. | ¥° No ae aend Locality. Date. wie | 28) 8 soe 
"| age f ge|He| 8 iss 
EF IaR° a & 
| | 
Tokio Educat.-.-.| Nishi ..--..--- J ad. “ay ey gina sli; |Fas scene 107 |'51' | 45-2264 26 
lukiu. | 
U.S. Nat., 88693. .| Jouy, 590 ..... do ad.| Fuji, Hondo........ July 24, 1882 |103 | 50 |..--- 2h) 23 
U.S. Nat., 96123. .| Blakist., 2849.-| g ad-| South Yezo .......- May 21, 1882 |113 | 54 | 16 | 26 26 
U.S. Nat., 96124..) Blakist., 2850 .| ¢ ad-|.--- Ci eer ers pepe (ieee a 103 |°53' | 14 9S S2c ieee 
Wes. 9612->| sp laKIst.. 20002 |. Bde] see One pee ee ceccina es May 24, 1882 |107 | 51 | 15.5) 26 29 
U.S.Nat., 15863..| Heine, 19...-.- Q ad.| Hakodate, Yezo....) May —, 1854 |109 | 52 | 14 |....|...-.. 
U.S. Nat., 15862..| Heine, 56.-....-. Ose dO eile ete eres ee ee meer! 106 | 49 |....-. ‘oleae 
U.S. Nat., 96126..| Blakist., 2856..) ¢ ad-| South Yezo -...---- May 24, 1882 |105 | 48 | 14.5) 25 25 
U.S. Nat., 120491.| Henson, 23.-.-..| & juv) Hakodate, Yezo-....| Aug. 6, 1883 |/101 | 48 | 14.5) 26 26 
Wen Nats, 1204922) Henson: 522222] G) JUM| 22 -GOnacs-e oan ne Aug. 14,1883 |107 | 52 | 15 | 26 25 
OS Nats 1204937! Meliensom 640024) quedelta-005..5.-se 524s May 30, 1885 |108 | 51 | 15 25 25 
U.S. Nat., 120494.| Henson, 255...| 9 ad- a SOO sstukicrcesteee May 29, 1885 |105 | 49 | 14 25 24 
MWeSUNat.120495 3) senson, 113.-5|) Qjuivo- =) dOreces- onan see Aug. 21, 1883 | 99 | 49 | 14 25 25 
U.S. Nat., 120496.) Henson, 19.... JILY,| wate OO nactesteeie ace nies Aug, 6, 1883 |100 | 47 | 14.5) 24 25 
Acridotheres cineraceus (TEMM.). (201) 
Three 9 @. No. 111, ad., Hakodate, November 10, 1883; No. 32, ad., Hakodate, June 
2, 1883; No. 176, juv., Hakodate, September 11, 1884. U. 8. Nat. Mus. Nos. 
12048-90. ; 
It is strange that most authors, even those who recognize Pastor, 
~ Sturnia, Temenuchus, Acridotheres, etc., as distinct genera, or subgenera, 
should persist in placing the present species in the genus Sturnus along- 
side its type, the European starling, with which, in fact, it has nothing 
in common that is not shared also by the members of the groups men- 
tioned above. In style of coloration it is as strikingly different from the 
starling as any, wearing, as it does, the plumage of a typical Hill 
Myna; its bill is essentially that of Acridotheres (though slightly longer 
than in the typical species), the gently curved culmen, the lateral com- 
pression, and the very pronounced notch atthe tip of the upper mandi- 
ble being characters which at once separate it from Sturnus, with its 
Straight, flattened, and unnotched beak, while the complete feathering 
of the nasal groove and the comparatively narrow opening of the nostrils 
in the former is identical with the corresponding parts in Acridotheres 
as contrasted with the open nostrils and naked operculum of the Star- 
ling. ‘The tail is not so rounded as in true Acridotheres, but this seems 
to be the chief difference. I am therefore not prepared to go so far as 
Mr. Sharpe, who separates this species generically under the name of 
Spodiopsar. 
One of Mr. Henson’s specimens is of particular interest, viz, No. 176, 
being a young female in transition from the first plumage to that of the 
first winter. This specimen is in full molt all over. The new feathers 
have already supplanted the old ones on lower back and rump; the 
upper lesser wing-coverts, as well as the greater ones, are also new and — 
fully out, besides a few of the inner primary coverts. But most inter-_ 
“ 
. We 
wi it ar ai a nis: thine n 
zee 
pe, 0 ct a Ltn gilt aie gthinh mae Arctamennteeis'is 
ae ik one mings +2 i 0 aA CI ania OE alll is Pod ae 
