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more prolonged posteriorly. Head and crest earthly brown, more 

 or less dusky; mantle nearly black. Upper tail-coverts and a 

 broad nuchal collar, pinky buft'y white. Length 9,0 to 10,0, 

 wing 4,75 to 5,1, tail 3,0 to 3,4, tarsus 1,28 to 1,4 inches. 



Hab. : Siam. 



Stiirnornis. 



W. V, Legge, Hist. of the Birds of Ceylon Pt. IL Sept. 

 1879 p. 679. 



Bill larger, longer and less conipressed tlian in Stvmki; 

 the culmen straighter; under mandible stout. Tail longer in 

 Proportion to the wings, with the under tail-coverts less leng- 

 thened than in Sturnia; 2nd quill considerably shorter than the 

 3rd, which is the longest. Typus: Pastor senex Bonap. 



Sturnus nohilior. 



A. Hume, Stray Feath. Vol. VIII No. 2 — 5 Oet. 1879 

 p. 175. 



Compared with the Sardinian Starling, its very varied co- 

 lors, pure purple, purplish bronze green, and bronzy green, se- 

 parate it at once. From nitens, its larger size, totally diiferent 

 color of the back and mantle equally separate it. Head purple 

 bronze green; scapulars, lower back and rump green, shaded 

 with purplish blue; interscapulary region bronze green; throat 

 deep purple; breast bronzed green; abdonien coppery purple. 

 Wing. 4,6—5,3. 



Hab. Kandahar. 



FAM. PLOCEIDAE. 



Hyphantornis fusco castanea. 



Barboza duBocage, Jörn, de Math. Phys. Nat. No. XXIX 

 Lisboa 1880 p. 58. 



Male adulte. De la taille ä peu pres de 1' II. castaneo- 

 fiisca^ mais ä bec plus long et plus etroit, et ä couleurs iden- 

 tiques, mais distribuees d'une maniere tout-ä-fait diiferente : chez 

 le H. castaneo -fusca le noir couvre la tete, le cou, la gorge et 

 la poitrine, tandis que le roux-marrons occupe le dos, le ventre 

 et les sous - caudales; chez VH. fusco -castanea^ au contraire, la 

 tete, le cou et les parties inferieures sont roux - marron, et le 

 dos et les suscaudales sont noirs. Les deux especes ont les 

 alles et le queue noires. Dimensions de notre individu unique. 

 Long. tot. 152 mm, alle 84 mm, queue 54 mm, bec (culmen) 

 18 mm, tarse 19 mm. — Cote de Laongo. (Fortsetzung folgt). 



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