352 messrs- robinson and kloss on 



sturnidae. 



Grackles and Starlings. 



, (With fieshy lappets on the neck . . . . . . . . . . 2 



( No lappets . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 



/Wing generally more than 6.75 inches, bare portion of cheeke 

 2 I generally divided .. .. .. ,. CI taenia j. javana 



jWing generally less than 6.75 inches, bare portion of cheeks 



I generally continuous . . . . . . O J. intermedia 



., (No baro skin on the sides of the head . . . . . . . . 4 



(.Eyelids and adjacent areas bare .. .. .. .. ..9 



. f Bill entirely black .. .. .. Aplonis panayeitsis strigatus 



(Bill not black . . . . . . . . . . • . . 5 



g I A pronounced frontal crest, crown black . . . . . . . . 6 



(No frontal crest, crown not black .. .. .. ..7 



g (Back black, bill entirely yellow .. .. .. Aethiojisar grandis 



(Back greyish brown, bill yellow with blue base . . Ac. fuscus torqiiatiix 



I Bill bright yellow at tip, nuchal feathers with white 

 shaft stripes . . . . . . . . Sturnia malabaricn 



Tip of bill not yellow, no pale shaft stripes to nuchal feathers . . . . 8 



g ( Tail feathers with pale tips . . . . , . ,S'. sinensis 



(Only outer webs of outermost tail-feathers pale . . Agropsar sturniniis 



Q I Crown and throat bright yellow 

 (Crown and throat not yellow 



, Q j Crown pale 

 ( Crown black 



Ampeliceps coronatns 



10 



11 

 12 



f Collar and breast black .. .. Graculipica nigricoUis 



(Collar and breast dull pinkish .. .. .. O. leucocephala 



J Ear-coverts black .. ' .. .. .. Acridotheres tristis 



1 Ear-coverts white . . . . . . Siurnopastor contra fioireri 



506. Qracula javana javana Cuv. 



Gracula javana, Cuvier, Regne Anim. 1829, i, p. 377 (Java). 

 Mainatua intermedins, D., p. 66 (Patani). 



Eulabes javanensis, E., p. 66 (Patani) : F., p. 67 (Tiang) ; M., p. 209 

 (Tung Song) ? 



507. Gracula javana intermedia A. Hay. 



Gracula intermedia, A. Hay, Madr. Journ. Lit. & Sci. xiii, pt. 2, 

 1844, p. 157 (N. India; Nepal) ; 0. i, p. 391 ; Salvad., Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) vii, 1889, p, 437 (Malewoon). 



Eidahes javanensis. A., p. 396 (Tenassei'im). 



Eidabes intermedia, B., p. 36 (Junk Seylon) ; F., p. 67 (Trang) ; G., 

 p. 149 (Ratburi & Petchaburi). 



Gracula javana inter me Ha, L., p. 117 (Ghirbi & Junk Seylon). 



Eidabes javanensis, M., p. 209 (Patiyu : Maprit & Klong Bang Lai) ? 



A. Hume & Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, P'asciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds), 1905. 



B. lliiller, Die Ornis der Insel Salanga, 188'2. F. Robinson and Kloss, Diis, 1910-11. 



C. Oates, Birds Biit. Biirmah, Vols, i it ii, 1883. ©• Cxairdner, ,Tourn. N. H. Soc. Siam, i, 191.5. 



D. Bonhote. P. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. H. llobinson, Journ. F. M. S. Museums, v, 1915. 



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