STURNINiE. 
AcRiDOTHERES VieilL 
The characters are similar to those of the former genus : but with the Wings rather long, and somewhat 
pointed ; with the first quill spurious ; the second rather shorter than the third, which is the longest. 
Tail moderate, broad, and rounded. 
It is in India and China that the species of this genus are found. 
1. A. tristis {Linn.) PI. enl. 219. — Gracula gryllivora Baud.; j 2. A. nigricollis (PaykuU), Act. Stockh. xxviii. t. 9. — Pastor 
Maina tristoides Hodgs. i bicolor Gray. 
Het.erornis. 
This division is at once distinguished from the two former genera by the Witigs long, and rather 
pointed, with the first quill spurious, the second and third graduated, and nearly as long as the fourth, 
which is the longest. Tail rather long, broad, and rounded. 
It Is in India and its archipelago that the species of this genus are found in large flocks, more especially frequenting 
the cultivated lands and the neighbourhood of villages. Levaillant observed one of the species in flocks, migrating 
from west to east of the continent of Africa. It is usual to observe them feeding on the grasshoppers and other 
insects that have been disturbed by the moving of the sheep and cattle while grazing. They will also feed on fruits, 
grain, and seeds of various kinds of plants. Their flight is swift, steady, and direct ; and they are very noisy, emitting 
various loud and discordant cries, though at times they give utterance to sweet and agreeable notes. They form their 
nests in the holes of trees, walls, or in thatched roofs of houses, &c. ; and the female generally lays three to four eggs. 
1. H. pagodarum (Grael.) Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 92. f. 1. — 
Turdus raelanocephalus Vahl, Mem. de la Soc. de Copenh. iii. t. 8. ; 
Sturnus subroseus Shaw; Maina sylvestris Hodgs. 
2. H. malabarica (Gmel.) — Gracula cinerea Less. ; Pastor rufo- 
cinereus H. Smith. 
3. n. Blythii (Jerd.) — Pastor malabaricus Jerd. ; P. domiiii- 
canus Less.} ; Sturnia dominicana Blyth. 
4. H. ginginiana (Lath.) Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 95. f. 2. — 
Sturnus griseus Daud. ; Pastor gregicolus Hodgs. 
5. H. corythaix Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 4. 
6. H. fusca Temm. Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 6. — Pastor mahrat- 
tensis Sykes. 
7. H. docilis (Gmel.) Reise, iii. t. 42. 
8. H. melanoptera (Daud.) — Pastor tricolor Horsf. 
9. H. cristatella {h'mn.) Edwards's Birds, pi. I9., PI. enl, .507. — 
Pastor griseus Horsf. ; Maina cristatelloides Hodgs. ; Acridotheres 
fuliginosus Blyth. 
10. H. ? utra (Vieill.) Ency. Meth. p. 692. 
11. H. ? crinita (Daud.) Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 82. — Corvus 
sexsetaceus Shaw ; Pyrrhocorax setifer Cuv. 
DiLOPHus VieilL f 
Bill long, straight, rather depressed and broad at the base, with the culmen curved, and the sides 
compressed to the tip, which is emarginated ; the gonys curved and ascending ; the nostrils lateral, and 
placed in a membranous groove, with the opening rounded and exposed. Wings moderate ; with the 
* Established by Vieillot (181 6) {Analyse, Sic). 
t Vieillot established this genus in 18K) {Avalyxe, &c. p. .'54.). 
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