534 STUENIDJ3. 



545. Stumor nis senex. The White-headed Myna. 



Heterornis senex, Temm., Bonap. Consp. Av. i, p. 419 (1850). 

 Hetcerornis albofrontata, Layard, A. M. N. H. (2) xiii, p. 217 (1854). 

 Sturnia senex (Temm.}, Hume, S. F. vii, p. 409; id. Cat. no. 689 



quint. 

 Sturnornis senex (Bonap.}, Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 680, pi. 28; Sharpe, 



Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 55. 



Coloration. The whole head, chin, and upper throat white ; the 

 whole upper plumage and sides of neck dull black, the feathers of 

 the nape and neck with white shafts ; wings and tail glossy black ; 

 the whole lower plumage from the throat downwards lavender- 

 grey, the shafts of all the feathers white ; under wing-coverts 

 black. 



Birds not quite adult have the crown black. The nestling, 

 according to Legge, has the head and hind neck of a dull brown 

 colour with a whitish supercilium and the white shafts on the 

 lower plumage absent. 



Iris dull whitish, with a narrow brown inner circle ; orbital 

 skin and eyelid dull bluish ; gape and base of bill plumbeous blue, 

 the apical half pale bluish brown ; legs and feet bluish plumbeous ; 

 claws bluish (Legge). 



Length about 8-5 ; tail 3-2 ; wing 4'3 ; tarsus 1 ; bill from 

 gape 1*1. 



Distribution. The mountain forests of Ceylon. 



Genus GRACULIPICA, Lesson, 1831. 



The Mynas of the genus Graculipica may be recognized by the 

 large extent of bare skin on the side of the head, extending from 

 the lores to the ear-coverts. The bill is long and stout, with the 

 culmen slightly curved. The feathers of the forehead are short 

 and inclined backwards. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Bill black ; lower plumage white G. niyricollis, p. 534. 



b. Bill red ; lower plumage vinous. 



'. Lower part of rump ashy brown, like back. G. burmanica, p. 535. 

 b'. Lower part of rump buff, different to back. G. kucocephala, p. 536, 



546. Graculipica nigricollis. The Black-necked Myna. 



Gracula nigricollis, Payk. Stockholm Acad. Handl. xxviii, p. 291 



t. ix (1807). 

 Sturnopastor nigricollis (Payk.}, Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 90 ; Anders. 



Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 595. 

 Gracupica nigricollis (Payk.}, Hume, S. F. ix, p. 288 ; Gates, B. B. 



i, p. 377 ; Salvador!, Ann. Mns. Civ. Gen. (2) iv, p. 602. 

 Graculipica nigricollis (Payk}, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 77; 



Oat es in Humes N. fy E. 2nd ed. i, p. 377. 



Coloration. The whole head above and below white, encircled by 



