Old World Starlings. 



Wattled Mynah (Dilophas carunculatus). 



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In the female the wings are shorter than in the male : she is also 

 browner, making the white rump more conspicuous ; the upper tail- 

 coverts brown ; the wings are browner, the primary- coverts black ; 

 the head is feathered, not bare on the crown ; the only bare parts 

 are round the eyes, a yellow patch behind the latter, and the sides 



MALE AND FEMALE OF THE GREATER HILL-MYNAH. 



of the throat ; the lores are dusky ; sides of face and under parts 

 huffish, whiter on the centre of abdomen. The male has two erect 

 wattles on the centre of . the crown and a pendant wattle in the 

 centre of the face. I have never seen the Javan Mynah in the 

 market or at shows, but it has been represented at our Zoological 

 Gardens. 



Greater Hill-Mynah (Mainatus intermedins). 



The female is smaller than the male, but similar in colouring ; her 

 bill is considerably weaker. 



