366 STURNID^E. 



Head, nape, sides of the face, lores and ear coverts black ; chin, throat, 

 breast, flanks and outer thigh coverts cinereous or dark ashy ; neck, the back, 

 rump and upper tail coverts dark ashy ; wings black, edge of wing and wing 

 spot orange buff or ferruginous ; tail black, the feathers tipped with dull 

 ferruginous ; middle of abdomen, vent, under tail, and inner thigh coverts 

 pale ferruginous. Bill yellow, red at the tip ; orbits and nude spot behind the 

 eye red ; feet dull yellow. 



Length. 8-5 to 9 inches ; wing 5 ; tail 3*25 ; bill at front 1*25. 



Hab. India, generally to Assam and Burmah ; common in Sind, Punjab, 

 N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Central India, Deccan, Concan, Kutch, 

 Kattiawar and Jodhpore. Breeds in nearly every locality it is found, either in 

 holes in earthen banks and cliffs, from April to August ; eggs generally 4 5. 

 Like the rest of the family the eggs are spotless, very glossy, and of different 

 shades of very pale sky and greenish blue. 



914. Acridotheres fuscus(7^.)' Jerd.,B. Ind. ii. p. 327, No. 686; 



Hume, Nests and Eggs Lid. B. p. 431 ; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 90 ; Armstrong, 

 Sir. F. iv. p. 332 ; Oates, S/r. F. v. p. 160; Hume and Davison, Sir. F. vi. 

 p. 388; Anders., Yunnan Exped. p. 594; Cripps, Str. F. vii. p. 291 ; Hume, 

 Str. F. viii. p. 106 ; Scully, Str. F. viii. p. 330; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. 

 p. 380. The JUNGLE MYNAH, 



Entire head, including the nasal plumes, frontal crest, ear coverts and nape 

 glossy black ; back, rump, and upper tail coverts fuscous black tinged with 

 vinous ; scapulars the same ; primaries black, with a white spot near the base, 

 and tipped with bronze ; secondaries black, broadly edged with bronze on the 

 outer webs ; tertiaries and upper wing coverts wholly bronze ; tail brownish 

 black, the feathers tipped with white, but more narrowly on the middle 

 .feathers ; chin, throat and breast cinereous brown, albescent on the abdomen, 

 the sides of the body having a ruddy tinge in some specimens; under tail 

 coverts white ; under wing coverts black. Bill bluish black at base, orange 

 yellow at tip ; irides variable, greyish white, pale yellow or bright gamboge 

 yellow ; legs orange yellow. 



Length. 9*5 inches ; tail 3 ; wing 4*7 ; tarsus 1*45 ; culmen 0*8. 



Hab. Nearly throughout India. Occurs in the Punjab and N.-W. Provinces 

 as a summer visitant, where it breeds in favourable localities. In South India 

 it occurs on the Neilgheries, also in Mysore and the Wynaad. In British 

 Burmah, Oates says, it is found abundantly in all parts as far South as Mergui. 

 It also inhabits the Malay Peninsula. It is found also in Central India and the 

 Central Provinces, Lower Bengal, Assam, Nepaul, Cachar and a considerable 

 portion of Western India. Their breeding habits are not unlike those of 

 Acrid, tristis, and the eggs too, which can be scarcely distinguished from 

 them. Acridotheres albocinctus, a species distinguished by its conspicuous 



