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have been worn off, but instead of this the primaries are externally 

 edged pale. The yellow crest appears to be very often somewhat 

 shorter in Malayan, than it is in Indian specimens. 



Fam. STURNIDJE. 

 80. Caloenis cantor,* G m e 1. 



This species is found in Penang and in the Wellesley Province, 

 but does not appear to be common ; wing 3$" — 3f " ; tail 2£" ; bill 

 at front %" ; from gape about 1" ; tarsus \ f". 



A specimen which may possibly be a young bird of this species, is 

 greyish brown above, blackish on the wings and tail, with a very 

 slight greenish gloss throughout, most distinct on the outer webs of 

 the wing and tail feathers ; below ashy white on chin and throat, 

 purer white on breast and vent, marked throughout with dark brown 

 streaks, each feather being thus colored along the centre ; wing o\" ; 

 tail If"; bill at front A", from gape $"; tarsus *£". None of the 

 feathers on the head and throat are elongated and cuspidate, the 

 bill is brown and apparently that of a young bird, being very short. 

 The general character of the specimen is that of C. cantor, but the 

 difference in size is very striking. Unless the different phas< 

 plumage of this last species have been properly studied, it would 

 be of no advantage to look upon the present single specimen as 

 belonging to a new species. 



80. JEnlalcs Javanensis, s b e c k. 



There seems to have been, as in the case of Irena paella, Lath., 

 a little too much stress laid upon local variations of apparently the 

 same species of bird. I will first record a short description of a 

 specimen from Malacca and one from the Wellesley Province. 



The coloration of the two birds is exactly the same. The lateral 

 stripes of velvet feathers, narrowest (and in one specimen almost 

 interrupted!) above the front angle of the eye, the lores, below -the 

 anterior front of the eye, and the oblique streak through the nude 



* Horsfield (Cat. Ind. H. Museum, p. 543) retains his name cJtalybeus 

 for the species and doubts its identity with Gmelin's cantor. 



f I have seen specimens of E. intermedia, certainly brought from Oude, in 

 which the velvet bands were not interrupted above the eyes, though very nar- 

 row at that place. I do not think that this character is reliable in distinguish- 

 ing the various races. 



