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CATALOGUE. 
Av. p. 421. Cahanis, Cat. B. 3fus. Heine^ p. 203. 
Layardj Ann. Nat. Hist. XIII. 2nd ser. p. 217. 
Burgess, P. Z. S. (1854), p. 158. 
Sfurnus roseus, Pallas, Itin. II. p. 491 ; Zoogr. p. 420. 
ScopoU, Ann. I. p. 130. 
Gracula rosea, Cuvier. — Gloger, Eur. p. 169. Sundevall, 
Fhysiogr. Sdllsk. Tidsh. (1837), p. ; Ann. Nat. 
Hist. XYIII. 1st ser. p. 304. 
Boscis roseus, Brehm., Voeg. DeutscJil. p. 401, t. 22,/! 4. 
Thremmopliilus roseus, Macgill., Hist. Brit. B. III. 
p. 613. 
Turdus seleucis, Gmel., S. N. I. p. 837. 
Turdus suratensis, Gmel., S. N. I. ^. 814. Lath., BCist. 
of Birds, Y. p. 110. (>S'ow^., Foy. Jwi. II. p. 194.) 
The Rose-coloured Starling. 
Cholum Bird of Europeans in tlie Carnatic, Jerdon. 
GrOLABi Maina, Hind., E. (B.) Hamilton. Blyth. 
Hutton. 
TiLLTEE, Hind., Jerdon. 
Bya, Scinde, Burnes. 
a. $ . Olipore. From Griffith's Collection. 
h. c. $ ? . Scinde. Presented by Dr. H. Gould. 
d. Darjeeling. From Pearson's Collection. 
e. f. Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 
g. Drawing. From F. (B.) Hamilton's Collection. 
" This bird arrives at Candahar in immense flocks in the spring, 
but disappears with the mulberries, which they devour greedily. 
Their stay is very short." ["The same is remarked by Yigne, who, 
from observation, states it to visit Persia, Afghanistan, and parts of 
India, in the mulberry season." — Blyth.] — (Hutton.) 
" Yery common in many parts of India, but visits the neighbour- 
hood of Calcutta only towards the end of the cool season, when 
flocks of them are not unfrequently observed upon the arboreal 
cotton then in bloom." — (Blyth.) 
" This well-known species makes its appearance in the peninsula 
of India about the end of November or beginning of December, 
associating in vast flocks, and commits great havoc on the grain- 
fields, especially in those of the Cholum or Jowaree (Andropogon 
