258 LAMPROTORNIN.E. 



Whole head, with crest, neck, and breast, fine glossy-black, 

 with purple reflections; wings and tail black with a green 

 gloss ; rest of the plumage pale-salmon or light rose-color. 



Young birds have the salmon or rose-color much dashed with 

 pale-brown and fuscous, and the head not so glossy ; and the 

 young of the year are more or less earthy-brown, paler beneath 

 and without a crest. 



The Rose-colored Pastor is a common cold weather visitant 

 to all parts of the district. The majority of the birds met with 

 are young birds in imperfect plumage. 



SUB-FAMILY, Lamprotorninae. 



Bill somewhat stout, the ridge more or less curved and hooked, 

 and the tip notched ; nostrils more or less hidden by the close- 

 set frontal plumes ; wings long or moderate, and pointed ; tarsus 

 short and stout. 



GENUS, Eulabes, Cuvier. 



Bill short or moderate, stout, compressed ; culmen gradually 

 curved ; tip notched ; nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a plumed 

 fossa ; under mandible with the base broad and dilated ; frontal 

 feathers short, velvety, advancing on base of bill ; head with 

 naked wattles ; wings long, fourth quill longest, first short ; tail 

 short, even ; feet strong ; tarsus equal to the middle-toe ; outer-toe 

 slightly longer than inner one ; claws well curved ; hind-toe and 

 claw large. 



Eulabes religiosa, Lin. 



692. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 337 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 414. 



THE SOUTHERN HILL MYNA. 



Length, 10 ; expanse, 18'5 ; wing, 5'6 ; tail, 2'8 ; tarsus, 1/2 ; 

 bill at front, 1. 



Bill orange ; wattles deep-yellow ; irides dark-brown ; legs 

 deep-yellow. 



General plumage glossy purplish-black, with green reflections 

 on the lower back and upper tail-coverts ; beneath less brightly 

 glossed ; wings and tail coal-black without reflections ; a white 

 spot on the seven primaries, forming a conspicuous wing-spot. 



The wattles on the head commenced below each .eye are cross- 

 ed at the lower posterior angle of the eye, by a triangular patch 

 of minute feathers, passed beyond the ear, where they form a 

 rather large loose flap, or lappet, and then return in a narrow 

 stripe to the top of the head. There is also a small nude patch 

 below the eye. 



Is only found in the Deccan (on the Ghats), and is somewhat 

 rare. 



FAMILY, Fringillidse. 



'Bill short, thick, conic ; wings usually long, pointed ; tail moder- 



