532 STURNIDJE. 



Bill pale orange, turning to blue at the gape ; mouth livid ; iris 

 dark brown ; ophthalmic skin yellow tinged with orange ; legs dull 

 orange ; claws dark horn. 



Length 8-5 ; tail 2-4 ; wing 5 : tarsus 1 ; bill from gape 1-1. 



Fig. 158. Head of A. coronatus. 



Many birds of this species are met with having the lores and 

 a portion of the cheeks black. These, according to Sharpe, are 

 females. I find, however, that birds exhibiting this character have 

 also black streaks on the throat and crown, and the conclusion I 

 draw is that these birds are immature and in a state of transition 

 from the plumage of the young to that of the adult. 



Distribution. Cachar ; Manipur ; Toungngoo ; Lower Pegu ; 

 Tenasserim from Moulmein to Tavoy. This species extends into 

 Cochin China. 



Habits, $c. Davison found the nest of this bird containing three 

 young near Tavoy in April in a deep hole of a tree. 



Genus TEMENUCHUS, Cabanis, 1851. 



With the genus Temenuchus we come to a group of Mynas with 

 blunt wings and of more terrestrial habits than the preceding 

 birds. 



Fig. 159. Head of T. pagodarum. 



This genus contains one Myna which is a familiar bird all 

 over India. It is characterized by a very long crest ; the bill is 

 about half the length of the head, with the culmen curved ; the 

 nasal membrane is plumed and there is no nude skin on the 



