526 STUBM'IDJE. 



a". Whole head white S. blythii, p. 526. 



b". Whole head grey or grey tinged 



rufous. 

 "'. Winglet and primary - coverts 



black S. malabarica, p. 527. 



b'". Winglet and primary-coverts en- 

 tirely or in part white " S. nemoricola, p. 528. 



b. Lower plumage pure white. 



c'. Under tail-coverts white 8. andamanensis, p. 529. 



d' . Under tail-coverts deep chestnut S. erythropyyia, p. 529. 



536. Sturnia sineusis. The Chinese Myna. 



Oriolus sinensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i, p. 394 (1788). 



Pastor elegans, Lesson, Voy. Belanger, p. 266, pi. 6 (1834). 



Sturnia cana, Blyth, J. A. 8. S. xiii, p. 365 (1844) ; id. Cat. p. 110. 



Sturnia sinensis (Gm.}, Hume, S. F. vii, p. 514; id. Cat. no. 688 

 ter; id. S. F. ix, p. 118; Oates, S. F. x, p. 229; id. B. B. i, 

 p. 384 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 267 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 68. 



Coloration. The forehead, crown, lores, round the eye, the chin, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts rosy ferruginous ; the nape and the 

 whole back deep grey ; sides of neck, throat, breast, and abdomen 

 grey, lighter than the back ; flanks, under tail-coverts, axillaries, 

 and under wing-coverts rosy ferruginous ; ear-coverts grey tinged 

 with ferruginous ; wings, primary-coverts, and winglet black, the 

 tertiaries suffused with metallic blue, the other feathers edged with 

 the same ; wing-coverts and scapulars white, suffused with rosy 

 ferruginous; tail black, the middle pair of feathers narrowly, 

 the others broadly, tipped with ferruginous. 



Some time after the moult the beautiful rose-colour fades to 

 white, or is present in only a very slight degree. 



Bill blue ; the mouth darker blue ; iris white ; legs plumbeous ; 

 claws horn-colour. 



Length 8 ; tail 2'6 ; wing 4; tarsus 1-1 ; bill from gape 1-05. 



Distribution. I procured this species in Lower Pegu in the 

 winter season on several occasions. Hume observed it in Manipur 

 on one occasion, but failed to secure a specimen. It occurs at 

 Singapore and in Cochin China and breeds in Southern China. 



Habits, tifc. Pere David states that this species breeds in holes on 

 the roofs of houses. The few specimens I procured in Pegu were 

 feeding on the ground in company with others. 



537. Sturnia blythii. Blyth' s Myna. 



Pastor blythii, Jerd. Madr. Journ. L. S. xiii, p. 133 (1844) ; id. III. 



Ind. Orn. pi. 22. 

 Sturnia blythii (Jerd.), Blyth, Cat. p. 110; Hume, Cat. no. 689; id. 



S. F. ix, p. 228 ; Butler, S. F. ix, p. 237 ; Davison, S. F. x, p. 401 ; 



Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 257 ; Oates in Hume's N. & E. 2nd ed. i, 



p. 371. 

 Temenuchus blythii (Jerd.}, Horsf. fy M. Cat. ii, p. 531 ; Jerd. B. I. 



ii, p. 331. 

 Poliopsar blythii (Jerd.}, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 54. 



The White-headed Myna, Jerd. 



