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STUllNlDiE. 



Gracula (pars) Cuvieiv — Pastou (pars) Teniminck. 



Sp. 1. Di, gallinaceus. 



Gracula larvata. Shaw, v. vii. p. 468. pi. 57. — Sturnus galli- 

 naceus. Steph. V. X. J)' 499. — Le porte-lambeaux. Le VailL. Ois. 



d'Afriq. v. iii. j)l- ^o, 94. — Southern Africa. 



S TIRPS in— LAMPROTORNINA } 



GENUS CLXX.— LAMPROTORNIS, Temminck. 



Rostrum mediocre, suprii 

 convexum, basi depres- 

 sum, carinatum, carina 

 inter frontis plumas pro- 

 ducta, ad apicem com- 

 pressum. 



Nares basales, laterales, 

 ovales. 



BcaJc moderate, above con- 

 vex, depressed at tlie base, 

 carinated, the keel pro- 

 duced among the feathers 

 of the forehead, compress- 

 ed at the tip. 



Nostrils basal, lateral, oval. 



The species of this splendidly coloured genus are 

 chiefly African. 



A. Cauda, mediocre. 

 A. Tail moderate. 



Sp. 1 . La. auratus. 



Tu. auratus. Steph. v. x. p. 248. — Le Nabirop. Le Vaill. Ois. 

 d'Afriq. V. iii. pi. 89.- Africa. 

 Sp. 2. La. nitens. 



Tu. nitens. Steph. v. x. p. 246. — Le Couguiop. Le VailL Ois. 

 d'Afriq. v. in. pi. 90.— Southern Africa. 



Sp. 3. La. splendens. 



Tu. splendens. Steph. v. x.p. 46. pi. injrontispiece. Leach. 

 Zool. Misc. V. u.pl. 71.— Africa, 

 Sp. 4. La. Morio. 



Tu. Morio. Steph. v. x. p. 229. Le Vaill. v. iii. pi. 83. — 

 Corvus rufipennis. Shaiv,v. \\i. p. ^7'd, 



