78 How to Sex Cage Birds. 



Andaman Mynah (Poliopsar andanianensis). 



The wing of the female is much shorter than that of the male, but 

 no difference of plumage is recorded. 



Malabar Mvnah (Poliopsar malabaricus). 



The female is much paler than the male, and lias yellower legs 

 and whiter eyes. 



Blyth's Mynah (Poliopsar blythii). 



The female has a shorter wing than the male, is paler and duller ; 

 more rusty above, especially on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; 

 head more ashy, sides of face and throat greyer ; the rufous feathers 

 somewhat edged with ashy whitish ; culmen of bill brownish ; legs 

 tinged with olive ; iris greyer. 



Pagoda Mynah (Temenuchus pagoda/rum). 



The female is smaller than the male, and has a shorter crest, but 

 no difference of plumage has been noted. 



Rose-coloured Pastor (Pastor roseus). 



The female is smaller than the male, has shorter wings, has a 

 shorter crest, and is less brightly coloured. 



Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis). 

 The female has shorter wings than the male, hut no difference of 

 plumage has been indicated. 



Brown Mynah (Acridotheres fuscvs). 



The imported form belongs, T believe, generally to the, race A. 

 mahruttensis, in which the iris is bluish-grey. The female has shorter 

 wings than the male, but appears to be similar in plumage. 



Crested Mynah (Acridotheres cristatellas). 



Although the Museum Catalogue records no sexual differences, I 

 have no doubt that the wings of the female are shorter than those 

 of the male. As I have pointed out elsewhere, the cut illustrating 

 the head of this species (on p. 93 of the Catalogue) is entirely 

 incorrect in drawing, the crest of A. cristateUus being confined to 

 the bill and forehead, over which it curls backwards. A. yingini- 

 anus seems to be rarely imported. 



True Mynahs or Grackles (Mainatus, etc.).* 



Black necked Mynah (Graculipica nigricollis). 



The female is a good deal smaller than the male, but no difference 

 of plumage has been noted. 



* In these birds the bills of the males are stronger than those of the females. 



