550 
STURNOIDES. — STURNUS. 
malayensis Blytii, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1846. 35. = Acridotheres dauricus 
Stkickl. 
pagordarum Blyth. = Acridotheres malabaricus Vieill. 
pyrrhogenys Müller, Fauna japon. Tb. 46. := Acridotheres pyrrhogenys. 
ruficollis Gkay, Handl. Birds II. 21. = Pastor ruficollis Wagl. 
STURNOIDES atrifusca Hartlaub u. Finsch, Ornith. Centralpol. 108. = Lampro- 
torjiis atrifusca Peale. 
corvina Hartlaub u. Finsch, Ornith. Centralpol. 108. = Lamprotornis corvina 
KlTTL. 
gigas PuciiERAN, Voy. Pol Sud III. 83. Tb. 15. Fig. 2. — Lamprotornis atri- 
fusca Peale. 
STURNOPASTOR Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 84. — Psarites Cab., Acrido- 
theres Vieill. 
Bill long, acutely conical, with the culmen sloping and the sides compressed 
to the tip which is obtuse; the lateral margins straight and the gonys long and 
ascending; the nostrils lateral, basal and placed in a membranous groove, which 
is clothed with short feathers. Wings moderate and rather pointed, with the first 
quill spurious, the second rather shorter than the third, and the fourth the longest. 
Tail moderate broad and rounded. Tarsi rather longer than the middle toe, strong 
and covered in front with broad scales. Toes long, the lateral toes nearly equal, 
the outer toe slightly united at the base, the hind toe very long; the claws long, 
curved and very acute. 
Species Hodgson, Horsfield, Blyth, Gray cf. Psarites et Acridotheres. 
STüRIVüS (Sturnidae. — Sturnus nom. propr.). — Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 1735. 
— Naumann, Natg. Vögel Deutschl. II. 186. — Degland, Ornith. Eur. I. 232. 
Bee aussi long ou plus long que la tête; droits conique, légèrement déprimé 
vers la pointe, entament les plumes du front, narines laterales, à demi, fermées par 
une membrane; ailes longues, suh obtuses , à première remige presque nulle; queue 
moyenne, ample et légèrement échancrée, tarses allongés, scutellés. — 2 Specc. 
aeneus Daudin, Traité Ornith. II. 310. — Lamprotornis aenea Lichtst. 
alpinus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 957. — Accentor alpinus Bechst. 
aterrimus v. Kittlitz, Mem. acad. Petersbg. II. 467. Tb. 2. — Agelaius 
curaeus. 
atthis Daudin, Traité Ornith. II. 321. = Alcedo ispida Lin. 
auratus Daudin, Traité Ornith. II. 310. = Lamprotornis aurata Tem. 
auricularis Drapiez. = Psarites contra Cab. 
Blythi Jerdon, Illustr. Birds India Tb. 32. = Acridotheres dauricus Strickl. 
bicolor Daudin, Traité Ornith. II. 311. = Lamprotornis bicolor Lichtst. 
cana Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1844. 365. = Pastor sinensis. 
capensis Linne, Syst. Nat. I. — Psarites contra Cab. 
carunculatus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 803. ~ Creadion carunculatus Gray. 
cinctus Linne, Syst. Nat. = Cinclus aquaticus Bechst. 
cinerascens Temminck, PI. color. 556. 
collaris Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1. 805. = Accentor alpinus Bechst. 
collaris Wagler, Syst. Av. spec. 1. = Sturnella ludoviciana Swains. 
contra Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 290. = Psarites contra Cab. 
crispicollis Daudin, Traité Ornith. II. 314. — Prosthemadura novae Zealandiae 
Gray. 
curaeus Molina, Hist. Chili 211. — Agelajus curaeus. 
dauricus Pallas, Act. Holmiae 1778. III. 198. = Acridotheres dauricus 
Strickl. 
domesticus Brehm. — Sturnus vulgaris Lin. 
dominicana Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1841. 363. 
elegans Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1844. 364. 
fuscus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 805. =: Molothrus pecorls Swains. 
galinaceus Latham, Ind. Ornith. 324. = Dilophus carunculatus Gray. 
jamaicensis Daudin, Traité Ornith. II. 317. = Quiscalus baritus Vieill. 
