44 GARDEN AND AVIARY BIRDS. 



more delicate shade. The hen has a green tinge on 

 the back. The young in this species are of a yellowish 

 green above, and white with black streaks below, abso- 

 lutely unlike the parents. As in the last species, they 

 have dark bills, while the old ones have rosy ones. 



This species is partially migratory, visiting Turkestan 

 in summer. But the only regularly migratory Oriole is 

 the Golden Oriole of Europe (Oriolus galbula), which 

 occasionally but rarely visits us in Sind in winter. This 

 species is almost exactly like our Indian bird above de- 

 scribed, chiefly differing by its longer wings and showing 

 less black on the face and tail. And people who admire, 

 as so many do, the beautiful Mango-bird, should bear in 

 mind that its equally lovely European relative would un- 

 doubtedly settle in England if allowed, as it is constantly 

 visiting that country, usually getting shot before it has 

 time to breed ; and therefore do all they can, when at 

 home on leave, to protect rare birds. 



THE STARLINGS OR MYNAHS. 



The Mynahs form a very interesting family of Eastern 

 birds, of which the only common European representative 

 is the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) known to the natives in 

 India, which it visits in winter, as the Spotted Mynah. 

 India abounds in birds of this group, most of them re- 

 sidents, and several very common. Birds of this family 

 are very easily recognized by their short tails, strong, 

 coarse feet, and the peculiar way in which the mouth 

 turns down at the corners, as well shown in the Pied 

 Mynah on Plate II (Fig. 4), which is a very typical 



