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STURNID^. 



Gracula {pars) Cuvier. — Pastor (pars) Temminck. 



Sp. 1. Di. gallinaceus. 



Gracula larvata. S/iatv, v. vii. p. 468, pi. 57. — Sturnus galli- 

 naceus. Steph. V. X. p. 499. — Le porte-lambeaux. Le Vaill. Ois. 



d'Afriq* v. iii. pi. 93^ 94. — Southern Africa. 



STIRPS III.— LAMPROTORNINA? 

 GENUS CLXX.— LAMPROTORNIS, Temminck. 



Rostrum mediocre, suprti 

 convexum, basi depres- 

 sum, carinatum, carina 

 inter fronds plumas pro- 

 ducta, ad apicem com- 

 pressum. 



Nares basal es, laterales, 

 ovales. 



Beak moderate, above con- 

 vex, depressed at the base, 

 carinated, the keel pro- 

 duced among the feathers 

 of the forehead, compress- 

 ed at the tip. 



Nostrils basal, lateral, oval. 



The species of this splendidly colpured genus are 

 chiefly African. 



A. Cauda mediocre. 

 A. Tail moderate. 



Sp. 1 . La. auratus. 



Tu. auratus. Steph. v.x. p. 248. — ^^Le Nabirop. Le VailL Ois. 

 d'Afriq, v. iii. pi. 89. — Africa. 

 Sp. 2. La. nitens. 



Tu. nitens. Steph. v. x, p. 246. — Le Cougniop. Le VailL Ois. 

 d'Afriq. v. iii. pi. 90. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 3. La. splendens. 



Tu. splendens. Steph. v. \,p, 46. pi. in frontispiece* Leach. 

 Zool. Misc. V. ii.pl. 71.— Africa. 

 Sp. 4. La. Morio. 



Tu. Morio. Steph. v. x. p. 229. Le Vaill. v. iii. pi. 83.— 

 Corvus rufipennis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 373. 



