STUENTTS. 405 



Sturnus caucasicus, Lorenz. 



Sturnus caucasicus, f!7mrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 37 (1890) ; id., 

 Hand-l. m. p. 614 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 348 (1910). 



Sturnus vulgaris caucasicus, Ilurtert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 46 (1903) ; 

 Juui-d. Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 37 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Caucasus Starling are similar to those of 

 S. vulgaris. They measurei respectively : 1-18 by -55, and 1-19 

 by -84. 



2. Lenkoran, Talish, 8th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Sturnus purpurascens, Gould. 



Sturnus purpurascens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 37 (1890) ; 



Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 400 (1902) ; id., Eggs Birds Europe, 



p. 342, pi. xxiii. fig. 5 (1908) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 514 (1909) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 348 (1910). 

 Sturnus vulgaris purpurascens, Hartert, Vog. pnl. Faun. i. p. 46 (1903) ; 



Jourdain, Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 37 (1906). 



An egg of the Purple-winged Starling resembles those of 

 S. vulgaris. It measures 1*19 by -85. ' 



1. Erzeroum, Armenia (H. E. Dresser Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Sturnus porphyronotus, Sharpe. 



Sturnus vulgaris, Scully (nee Linn.), Str. F. iv. p. 162 (1876). 



Sturnus porphyronotus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 438; Oates, ed. Hume, 



Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 370 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xiii. p. 38 (1890); id., Second Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 26 (1891) ; id., 



Hand-l. v. p. 514 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 348 (1910). 

 Sturnus vulgaris porphyronotus, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 46 



(190.3). 



Eggs of the Central Asian Starling resemble those of S. vulgaris. 

 They measure from 1'16 to 1*25 in length, and from "81 to "86 in 

 breadth. 



4. Turkestan, Ist June. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Yarkand, E. Turkestan, 30th April Hume Coll. 



(J. Sadly). 



2. Yarkand, 28th May (J. S.). Hume Coll. 



2. Tibet, 19th April [h. Nolle Coll.). T. Parkin, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Tibet, 19th April. W. Eadclitfe Saunders, Esq. 



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Sturnus minor, Hume. 



Sturnus minor, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 522 (1889) ; id., 

 ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 370 (1889) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 39 (1890) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 614 (1909). 



The eggs of the Small Indian Starling resemble those of 



