594 AVES. 



Faster tristis, Wagler, Syst. Av. Pastor, sp. h, 1827 ; Sykes, Proe. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 95; Maelell., 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1839, p. 163; Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xi, p. 20, 1840; Blyth, Ann. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. xii, p. 96, 1843 ; Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 84, 1844; Gray, Cat. Mamm., 

 &c., Nepal, Coll. Hodgs., p. 104, 1846. 



Maina iristoides, Hodgs., Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. v, p. 771, 1836. 



a. b. Katha, 20th January 1868. 



c. Bhamo, llth September 1868. 



d. Manwyne, 12tli May 1868. 



Common in Upper Burma and extending across the Kakhyen hills. 



46. AcRiDOTHEEES Fuscus, Wagler. 



Pastor fuscus, Wagler, Syst. Av. Pastor, p. 6, 1827 ; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xi, p. 885. 



Maina cristatelloides, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. v, p. 771, 1836. 



Gracula cristatella, Sundev., Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. xviii, p. 304, 1846. 



Acridotheres fuscus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xiii, p. 362, 1844 ; Bonap., Consp. Gen. 

 Av., t. i, p. 420, 1850; Horsfield & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 537, 

 1856; Jerdon, Birds of India, vol. ii, p. 327; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 

 vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 90, 1863; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Indian Birds, p. 431, 1873; 

 Gray,Handl., vol. ii, p. 19, 1870. 



Acridotheres cristatellus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xiii, p. 362,1842; Hodgson, in Gray's 

 Zool. Misc., p. 84, 1844. 



Acridotheres griseus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xv, p. 32, 1846; id.. Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc, 

 Bengal, p. 108, 1849. 



Acridotheres cristatelloides, Cab., Mus. Hein., th. i, p, 206, 1850. 



Hetaerornis fusca, Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 335, 1847. 



a. Mandalay, 26th September 1868. 

 Common in Upper Burma. 



47. Acridotheres siamensis, Swinhoe. 



Acridotheres siamensis, Swinhoe, Proc Zool. Soc, 1863, p. 303; Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 20, 

 1870; Finsch., Abhandl. Bremen, vol. , p. ; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 

 vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 90; W. Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 460. 



a. h. Muangla, Yunnan, 18th and 19th May 1868. 

 c. Tsaykaw, Upper Burma, 14th February 1875. 



It is to be observed that this species occurs both in the valley of the Irawady 

 at Bham6 and in the high valleys to the east, where it is not at all uncommon. 



Genus St urn op as tor, Hodgson. 

 48. Sturnopastor contra, Linn., var. stjperciliaris, Blyth. 



Sturuopastor superciliaris, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxii, p. 77, 1863; Gray, Handl., 

 vol. ii, p. 22, 1870; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 480 ; id., Nests and Eggs, Indian Birds, 

 p. 427, 1875; id., op. cit., 1875, p. 149; Armstrong, op. cit., 1876, p. 331. 



