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STURNIDJE. 





Fig. 153. Acridotlieres trisfis. 



Family STURNID^. 



The intrinsic muscles of the syrinx fixed to the ends of the 

 bronchial semi-rings ; the edges of both mandibles smooth, or the 

 upper one simply notched ; hinder aspect of tarsus bilamiuated, 

 the laminso entire and smooth ; wing with ten primaries ; tongue 

 non-tubular ; nostrils always clear of the line of forehead, the space 

 between the nostril and the edge of the mandible less than the 

 space between the nostril and the culmen ; plumage of the nestling 

 typically streaked ; no rictal bristles nor vestige of any ; sexes 

 alike or very nearly so ; rectrices twelve ; first primary minute ; 

 one moult in the year. 



The tSturnidce or the Starlings and Myuas, as restricted in this 



