594 AVES. 



Pastor tristis, Wagler, Syst. Av. Pastor, sp. 5, 1827 ; Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 95 ; Maelell., 

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

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

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



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



a. 6. Katha, 20th January 1868. 



c. Bhamo, 11th September 1868. 



d. Manwyne, 12th May 1868. 



Common in Upper Burma and extending across tlie Kakhyen Mils. 



46. AcBiDOTHERES PUSOTjs, Waglor. 



Pastor /metis, 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 crisiatella, 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. xHv, 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. 



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



a. Mandalay, 26th September 186S. 

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



Genus Sturnopastoe, Hodgson. 

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



Stnrnopastor superciUaris, 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., 1-876, p. 331. 



