JERDON^S MYNAH. 
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lighter than the back ; flanks^ under tail-coverts^ axillaries and under wing- 
coverts rosy ferruginous ; ear-coverts grey tinged with ferruginous ; wings^ 
primary-coverts and winglet black ; the tertiaries suffused with metallic 
bluC;, the other feathers edged with the same; wing-coverts white, the 
greater series suffused with rosy ferruginous ; tail black, the middle pair 
narrowly, the others broadly, tipped with ferruginous. 
Some time after the moult, the beautiful rose-colour fades to white, or 
is present in only a very slight degree. 
The young are uniform greyish brown with the wing-coverts pure 
white. There are traces of a metallic gloss on the wings from an early 
age. 
Bill blue ; the mouth darker blue ; iris v/hite ; legs plumbeous ; claws 
horn-colour. 
Length 8 inches, tail 2*6, wing 4, tarsus I'l, bill from gape 1'05. 
The Chinese Mynah occurs in the winter season near Pegu, where I 
procured several specimens. It is, however, rare. It is not known to 
occur in any other part of Burmah ; but Lesson asserts that he received 
it from some part of the Pegu Division. 
Mr. Hume appears to have received specimens from Singapore; and 
Dr. Tiraud states that it is common in Cochin China near houses. This 
is probably in winter. In summer it retires to South China, where Pere 
David says it breeds in holes of the roofs of houses. 
The birds I met with near Pegu were feeding on the ground in small 
flocks, and on being fired at flew away to a distance. 
360. STURNIA BURMANNICA. 
JERDON^S MYNAH. 
Sturnia burmannica, Jei^d. Ibis, 1862, p. 21 ; Bl. 8f Wald. B. Burm. p. 90 ; Hum 
S. F. viii. p. 106; Oates, S. F. x. p. 230. Temenuchus burmanicus, 
Hume, S. F. iii. p. 149 ; Armstronff, S. F. iv. p. 332. 
Description. — Male and female. The whole head and upper breast dull 
white ; back and scapulars ashy brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts paler ; 
central pair of tail-feathers dark ashy brown, the others blackish, all 
broadly tipped with white ; breast and abdomen vinous ; vent and under 
tail-coverts fulvous white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; pri- 
maries dark brown, tipped paler, and the bases of all pure white ; primary- 
coverts white, with a little black near the bases of the outer feathers; 
secondaries, tertiaries and wing-coverts bronze, each feather very narrowly 
margined with black on the outer web. 
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