CHAP, xvni.] BIRDS. 287 



169H695 1696^ Pytdia, (24 sp.), Tropical and South Africa; ( 1694 ) 

 Hypargos (2 sp.), Mozambique and Madagascar ; ( 1697 ) EmUema 

 (1 sp.), North-west Australia ( 1699 1712 - 1717 ) Amadina (15 sp.), 

 Tropical and South Africa, Moluccas to Australia and the Samoa 

 Islands ; ( 170 1701 171 ) Spermestes (8 sp.), Tropical Africa and Mada- 

 gascar ; ( 1702 ) Amauresthes (1 sp.), East and West Africa ; ( 1703 

 1707 - 1709 ITU) Munia (30 sp.), Oriental region to Timor and 

 New Guinea; ( 1704 ) Donacola(3 sp.), Australia; ( 1705 1706 ) PoepUla 

 (6 sp.), Australia ; ( 1718 - 1721 ) Erythrura (7 sp.), Sumatra to 

 Java, Moluccas, Timor, New Guinea, and Fiji Islands; ( 1722 ) 

 Hypochera (3 sp.), Tropical and South Africa. 



FAMILY 35. STUKNID^. (29 Genera, 124%pecies.) 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The Sturnidse, or Starlings, are a highly characteristic Old- 

 World group, extending to every part of the great Eastern con- 

 tinent and its islands, and over the Pacific Ocean to the Samoa 

 Islands and New Zealand, yet wholly ahsent from the mainland 

 of Australia. The family appears to be tolerably well-defined, 

 and the following genera are generally considered to belong to it : 

 (1558 1559 1562) Eulobes (13 sp.), the Oriental region to South-west 

 China, Hainan, and Java, and Flores, New Guinea, arid the Solo- 

 mon Islands in the Australian region ; Ampeliceps (1 sp.), Tenas- 

 serim, Burmah, and Cochin China; Gymnops (1 sp.), Philippine 

 Islands; Basilornis (2 sp.), Celebes and Ceram; Pastor (1 sp.), 

 South-east Europe to India, Ceylon, and Burmah ; Acridotheres 

 (7 sp.), the whole Oriental region and Celebes ; ( 1568 1569 ) Sturnia 

 (12 sp.), the whole Oriental region, North China, Japan, and 

 Siberia, Celebes ; Dilophus (1 sp.) South Africa ; Sturnus (6 sp.), 

 Palsearctic region, to India and South China in winter ; Sturno- 

 pastor (4 sp.), India to Burmah and East Java ; Creation (2 sp.), 

 New Zealand ; Heterolocha (I sp.), New Zealand ; ( 152 ) Callwas 



