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to five, of a delicate pale sea green, speckled with blood-like stains, 

 which sometimes tend to form a ring near the larger end. Dr. 

 Adams says that it frequents rice fields, or the sides of mountain 

 streams, and that it is shy and timid. 



Turdus madagascariensis, GmeL, figd. P. E. 557-1, is referred 

 here by Gray, but evidently belongs to a very different family 

 (vide page 79). 



The next birds are the glossy or Hill Mynas of India, compris- 

 ing four distinct races, one from the south of India, another from 

 Ceylon, a third from the Himalayas and Burmah, and the last 

 from Malayana. 



Gen. Eulabes, Cuvier. 



Syn. Gracula, L. (in part), and Swainson — Mainatus, Lesson — - 

 Maina, Hodgson. 



Char. — Bill short or moderate, stout, compressed ; culmen gradu- 

 ally curved ; tip notched ; nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a plumed 

 fossa; under mandible with the base broad and dilated ; frontal 

 feathers short, velvety, advancing on base of bill ; head with 

 naked wattles ; wings long, 4th quill longest, 1st short; tail short, 

 even ; feet strong ; tarsus equal to the middle toe ; outer toe 

 slightly longer than inner one ; claws well curved ; hind toe and 

 claw large. 



The Hill Mynas are well known birds of fine glossy plumage, 

 and with prominent yellow wattles. They are readily tamed, and 

 can be taught to repeat words very distinctly. They are entirely 

 frugivorous in their habits. They progress on the ground by 

 hopping only, not by alternate steps as the true Mynas. 



692. Eulabes religiosa, Linn^us. 



Gracula, apud Linnaeus — Jerdon, Cat. 168 — Blyth, Cat. 

 571 — Horsf., Cat. 796 — Edwards, Birds, pi. 17 (the upper figure) 

 — Eul. indicus, Cuvier — Gracula minor, Jerdon, 2nd Suppl. 

 Cat. 168-^KoImi maina, H. in the South — Konda gorinka, Tel. 



The Southern Hill Myna. 

 Descr. — General plumage glossy purplish black, with green 

 reflections on the lower back and upper tail -coverts ; beneath less 



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