445 



Eulabes javanus, Cuvier, Reg. Anim. 

 Pastor musicus, Wagler, Syst, Av. Past. sp. 2. 

 Gracitla religiosa, apud Horsfield et Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 

 pp. 162, 303. 



The Malayan Grackle. 



Beo seu Mencho, Java (Horsf.). 



Tiong, Sumatra (Raffles). 



Malacca. 



Inhabits the Malayan peninsula and archipelago ; also the Nicobar 

 Islands. 



121. ACRIDOTHERES FUSCUS. 



Pastor fuscus, Wagler, Syst. Av. Past. sp. 6 (1827). 



Acridotheres fuscus, Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 420 ; Moore, Catal. 

 Birds Mus. E. I. C. ii. p. 537. 



Pastor mahrattensis, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 95. 



Maina cristatelloides, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. v. p. 771 (1836). 



Acridotheres griseus, apud Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xv. p. 33; id. 

 Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 108. 



From Pinang and Malacca. 



Identical with specimens from Tenasserim, China, and Nepal ; and 

 differs from South Indian examples only in being greyer. 



122. Calornis dauricus. 



Sturnus dauricus, Pallas, Acta Stockh.iii. p. 198. pi. 7. f. 1 (1778). 



Turdus striga, Raffles. 



Pastor malayensis, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 103. 



Brass-brass, Malays. 



Malacca. 



" Eyes black ; legs greenish-brown. Sleeps with the body down- 

 wards, suspended by the claws. Common at Malacca." — Dr. 

 Cantor's MS. 



123. Calornis chalybeus. 



Turdus chalybeus S et T. strigatus Horsfield, Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xiii. p. 148 (1820). 



Lanius insidiator,~Rafiies, id. p. 307 6 • 

 Lamprotornis cantor, apud Temm. PI. Col. 149. 

 Terling seu Parliong, Malays. 

 From Malacca. 



124. CORVUS CULMINATUS, 



Corvus culminatus, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 96 ; Blyth, J. A. S. 

 Beng. xv. p. 24, xvi. p. 727 ; Moore, Catal. Birds Mus. E. I. C. ii. 

 p. 553. 



Corvus cor ax, apud Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 300 1 

 Burong gaga-gaga, Malays. 



An adult and young specimen from Pinang, agreeing with Tenas- 

 serim and Indian examples. 



