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Editorial. 
"In March, 1911 flights of birds which I took to he Pastor rosemt 
"could be seen every evening. I did not take much notice of them as I had 
"quite made up my mind that the Rose-coloured Starling was passing 
" through on migration. Every evening some 400 to 5(X) birds could be 
"seen at dusk flying exactly like P roneus. They settled in the dm trees 
"in the next compound. Every morning at dawn parties of 10 to 15 
" would pass overhead, flj'ing west. I generally saw them therefore too 
" late at night or too early in the morning to be able to see what species 
" they were. But from their flight I was certain that they were P. rnseua. 
" They disappeard for a time but returned in the beginning of June in in- 
" creased numbers As I could not understand P. rosenH being present at 
" that time I decided to secure some specimens. On obtaining the birds I 
" was surprised to find it was uot what I expected. However, being certain 
"from its habits and appearance that it was a starling and that I could 
" easily identify it I was further surprised to find I could not place it in 
"the Sttn->il<I(P The birds remained till June 20th. During that 
" m(>nth there mu.st have been between two and three thousand in the 
" flocks. They came in from the flights at dusk and collected in the trees. 
" They would become startled and suddenly a large flock of thousands of 
" birds would be flying at great speed. In a few minutes they would return 
" to settle and their movements and twittering were exactly like those of 
"the Rose Starling. On June 18th, I was surprised to see them hawking 
" white ants with the Drongos and Crows. 
" Rital bristles are weak. The measurements of some 20 birds agree 
" with those of Blandford. Irides bright yellow, bill horny, yellowish at 
"gape. Legs, feet and claws horny, light horny in the young. The, young 
" bird ( male) resembles the male more than the female, but wants the 
" chestnut throat of the male. There were distinct shaft streaks on the 
" throat. (I got no young female) 
" Localit I/— Behra. Dun, height 2,200 feet. 
" On dissection I found their stomachs full of the berries of a species 
"of Ficus (? religiosa), white ants and two or three hymenopterous insects. 
" They would ai)pear to breed in April as the young birds were 
"flighting in the beginning of June." 
Three skins were sent to the Museum and identified as 
P. spiloptera. 
Messrs. E. W. Harper, A. G. Butler and W. P. Pycroft 
all considered it to l)e a Bulbul, the two former from its de- 
meanour in captivity and the latter after dissection, while I gather 
that the late Dr. Bowdler Sharp inclined to the opinion it was a 
starling — Gates considered it as one of the Babbling Thrushes. 
From Major Fulton's interesting experience it would appear that 
it has many of the habits common to the Sturnidce, yet lacks 
others. Col. Bingham also considered that it was a Bulbul and 
