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blackish brown ; outer tail-feathers white edged and 

 larger wing-coverts white tipt. 



Pastor Ruficollis, Waggler's Syst. 



Head, and back of neck, and beneath white ; side of 

 neck ferrugineous ; back dull violet ; humerus, secon- 

 daries, and tail dull grassy-green ; spot and band on 

 wing white beneath ; feet and bill black. 



Sturnus Dauricus, Pallas, Art. Stockh. 

 1778. t. 7. f, 1. Gracula Sturnina, Gml. ; female. 

 T. Leucocephalus. Gml. Sturnus Cericeus, Gml. 

 Brown Illust. t. 21. ; youny. T. Dominicanus, Pi. 

 Enl. t. 627. f. 2. 



Violet-black above ; beneath ashy- white ; head and 

 neck bluish gray ; crown with a violet-black streak ; 

 bill and feet blackish. 



Turdus Sinensis, Gml. is probably of this division. 



Sturnus Zeylanicus, Gml. T. Ochro- 

 cephalus, Gml. Brown 111. t. 22. 



Crown and cheeks yellow ; body beneath ash ; quills 

 and tail dull green ; chin-streak white. Ceylon. 



The genus Delophus of Vieillot. Wattled. 



Cockscomb Stare, Lath. 7. Gracula Carunculata, 

 Gml. Sturnus Gallinaceus, Lath. Gracula Lar- 

 vata, Shaw. Le Porte Lambeaux, Vail. O. A. t. 93, 

 94. Naturfosch ii. t. 21. 



Ashy; orbits naked, a double wattle, and an erect, bifid, 

 membranaceous crest ; when young, wattle smaller ; 

 length six inches. Cape of Good Hope. 



