374 STURNID^R. 



black; ist seven primaries with a white spot, forming a conspicuous wing 

 band ; wattles begin from below the eye, and form a large loose lappet. Bill 

 orange ; wattles deep yellow ; irides dark brown. 



Length. 10 inches ; wing 5-6 ; tail 2-8 ; culmen i. 



Hab. The forests of Malabar, Wynaad, Coorg and the Northern Circars- 

 Found in parties of 5 6. 



Gen. Saraglossa. //0</^. 



Bill rather long, straight at base, depressed and compressed at the tip ; 

 culmen ridged, curved and slightly hooked ; gonys nearly straight ; nostrils 

 apert, but the frontal plumes descend over the base of the bill, which does 

 not divide the plumes ; wings pointed, the 1st three nearly equal ; tail firm, 

 short, subfurcate or nearly even ; legs and feet strong and arboreal ; claws 

 acute and well curved. (Jerd.) 



928. Saraglossa spiloptera (Vigors), Jerd., B. ind. \\. p. 336; 



No. 691 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 434 ; Wald. in BlytJis B. Burm. 

 p. 91 ; Armstrong, Sir. F. iv. p. 334 ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi, p. 394 ; 

 Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 106; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 394. The SPOTTED- 

 WINGED STARE or CHESTNUT-THROATED MYNAH. 



Forehead to the upper back pale plumbeous, the feathers tipped with dusky 

 black ; lower back and scapulars pale plumbeous, each feather edged or tipped 

 with brownish ; rump brown ; upper tail coverts brown tinged with rufous ; 

 lores, cheeks and ear coverts black ; chin and throat deep chestnut rufous ; 

 centre of abdomen, under wing coverts, axillaries and under tail coverts white; 

 flanks and rest of under surface deep rufous; primaries, secondaries and 

 primary coverts glossy greenish black ; the primaries with a white spot at 

 their base ; wing coverts dark brown edged with grey. Bill dusky horny ; legs 

 brown ; irides white ; upper and lower mandible margined with pale yellow. 



Length. 7-5 to 8 inches ; wing 4'2 ; tail 2'5 ; culmen 075 ; tarsus 0-85. 



Hab. Western and Central Himalayas. Inhabits the valleys about Simla 

 and Mussoorie up to 6,000 feet. In Burmah it has been observed in the Pegu 

 Division, also on the Karin hills and at the mouth of the Rangoon river. Said 

 to nidificate in holes gf trees, lining the cavity with bits of leaves. The eggs 

 are usually three in number, sometimes 4 5, of a delicate pale sea green, 

 speckled with blood-like stains, sometimes tending to form a ring at the larger 

 end. The eggs, Hume says, are glossless and vary in size from 1*03 ro8 x 

 0-60074. 



Gen. Ampeliceps. Biyth. 



Characters similar to Saraglossa. Head yellow. 



929. Ampeliceps coronatus, Biyth, 7. A. S. B. xi. p. 194; 



xv. p. 32 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 436 ; Biyth, B. Burm. p. 89; 

 Armstrong, Str. F. iv. p. 335 ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 398 ; Hume, 



