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Catalogue of the Birds 



[Jan. 



similar call. Irides blood red; bill black; feet plumbeous. Length 

 I.8itol9 inches; wing 5| ; tail 12; tarsus ly'ot^is; bill straight to 

 gape ItVths. 



161.— C. Sinens'is.--Pica sinejisis, Gould's Cent. Him. Birds, pi. 43. 



I have bithpr^onot been fortunate enough to procure tbis bird, though 

 I think I have observed it in open jungle on tbe Segoor pass of the 

 Neilgherries j but I Lave seen specimens, killed in tbe eastern range of 

 gbauts. 



Family ^TUUmX^M,— Starlings, 



Sub Family STURNIN^E, Swains. 



Genus STURNUS, Lin. 



IQ%-^S. contra, Gmel.—S.capensis, Lath. — Pastor Contra, Wdigl.— 

 Bulfon P. E. 2S0,-~Indian Starling. 



Tbe Indian Starling occurs in great abundance in the district of tbe 

 Nortbern Circars, but, as far as I can learn, in no other part of 

 the peninsula of India. I first met it a few miles to tbe nortb of 

 Vizagapatam, and saw it afterwards tbrougbout the whole district to 

 tbe northward, as far as the Goomsoor countr}^, where it is ver}^ numer- 

 ous. It lives in large flocks, feeding on the ground and associates free- 

 ly with the common Myna. 



I know not if it remains here during the whole season. I saw it in 

 the cold weather. Length 8^ inches; wing 4 y^^-ths ; tail 2| ; tarsus 

 ly3_ths ; bill to front y'o^ths ; straight to gape ly^-^^ths. 



Genus PASTOR.— ili^/wc?, H. 



163. — P, trisfis, Temm. — Gracxda trisiis, Lath. — Grac. gryllivora 

 Band, Buffon P. E. 219. — Myna, H. — Saloonkee^ Mdh.—Gonvuntra 

 Cau, — Common Myna. 



