492 CLASS XVT. 



Sunda islands and Ceylon, together with one from New Guinea, Gracula 

 Dumonti WAGL., Mino Dumontii LESS., with head bald. The other 

 species have naked, yellow, lobes of skin at the back of the head. These 

 birds are blue-black, with yellow legs and bill. They learn to speak very 

 intelligibly. 



b) Tail cuneate. Gymnops Cuv. (Head destitute of plumes, except a 

 narrow plumed streak, extending above the forehead.) 



Sp. Gracula calva L., BUFF. PL enl. 200, Cuv. R. AnL, 6d. ill., Ois. 

 PL 27, fig. 3 ; from the Island Lugon. 



Pastor TEMM., Gracula Cuv. Bill moderate, compressed, 

 lengthened and conical, subincurved, emarginate before the tip. 

 Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, partly covered by plumed membrane. 

 Feet strong; tarsus longer than middle toe. Wings with first 

 quill very short, mostly second, more rarely third or fourth, 

 longest of all. Tail even or rounded. 



Sp. Pastor roseus TEMM., Turdus roseus L., BUFF. PI. enl. 251, NAUM. Taf. 

 63, Cuv. ft. AnL, td. itt., Ois. PL 26, fig. 2 ; head, wings and tail black, 

 elsewhere rose-red ; bill and legs yellow ; in Africa and the South of 

 Europe ; Pastor pagodarum, Turdus pagodarum, GM., LESSON Ornith. 

 PL 40, fig. 2 ; India, Bengal ; in this and some other species the fourth 

 flag-feather is the longest (Hceterornis GRAY, Sturnia LESS.). 



Note. Add sub-genus Acridotheres VIEILL., GRAY. 



Sp. Pastor tristis, Paradiscea tristis L., BUFF. PI. enl. 219. 



Basilornis TEMM. Bill shorter than head, curved. Head crested, 

 with plumbs covering the basal part of bill and the nostrils. Tail 

 rounded. Wings with third, fourth and fifth quills unequal, fourth 

 longest of all. 



Sp. Pastor corythaix WAGL. (Basilornis celebensis TEMM.), H. C. VAN DER 

 BOON MESCH Nieuwe Verh. van de eerste Klasse van het Koninkl. Instit. n. 

 bl. 245, with a coloured figure ; black with blue-green reflections ; a white 

 spot behind the eyes and along the neck, flag-feathers brown-black ; bill 

 and legs yellow ; at Celebes. 



Dilophus VIEILL., GRAY. 



Sp. Dilophus carunculatus, Gracula carunculata GM., Sturnus gallinaceus 

 LATH. 



Creadion VIEILL., GRAY, Philesternus ISID. GEOFFR. SAINT- 

 HiLAiRE 1 . Bill moderate, high at the base, compressed, with tip 



1 Nouv. Annal. du Mus. I. 1832, pp. 390392. 



