AYES. 
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^CIIANga atra. 
bullae atra> Hermann > 0bs - ZooL P- 208 (1804). 
bicruruo ( Hermann ) > Sbar P c , Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 246 (1877). 
K 0 90 Uter> ° ateS '’ FaUn ‘ Brit Ind ' 5 Birds > b p ' 313 ( 1889 )- 
No. xgj' ^ huttrebe las J Jhelutn Valley, July 16, 1873. 
h T 0 . -I oo' E,hara 0n the Jlielum, July 17, 1873. 
Col ' Tinali ’ JUlj 19 ’ 1873 ‘ 
0ll °l ^iddulph procured this species at Baramula. 
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Tp ItNTJs MENZBIERI. 
Eamily STTJENLCLE. 
Genus STURNUS. 
East ' ncc ’ Scvertz. Turkest. Jeyotn. p. 64 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 238; Blanf. 
z .), r, Crsda ’ h. p. 266 (1876, pt.) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 287 (1877) ; Finsch, Verh. 
18*82 CS ‘ Wien ' XxiX- p - 301 ( 1879 ) > Bidd ‘ Ibis > 1881 > P- 78 > Scully, ibid * P- 573; C. Swinh. Ibis, 
p_ 85*(l88~)^ * tlomeyer & Tanere, MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 1883, p. 89; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. 
FaJ 6 ^’ 8bar P e j this, 1888, p. 438; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p, 33, pi. i. (1890) ; Oates, 
h T o. Q-o ‘ J nt ' tnd -’ Birds , i- p. 522 (1889). 
I>ora, November 4, 1873. 
8 Pe c 
io^ S s l ICc hnen 
'-^csQjgx - ta full winter plumage, and appears to be the only individual of the 
S S ^ Vl <l(/aril 1 1 ^ 1de ^ x P ed ition. The Starling referred to by Stoliczka (Str. E. ii. p. 464) 
^ ec htLens n f f! 1 ''" bave heen this species, but about the same date he was also shooting 
’J. porjphyronotus. 
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INDICES. 
(18901 * CWS> Bod S 8, bl Cray’s Zool. Misc. p. 84 (1844) ; Shai-pe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 35 
® tur nus hu ' 18 - 1 Bume & Henders. Lahore to Yarkand, p. 250, pi. xxiv. (1873). 
N°. mu> Bro °ks; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 520 (1889). 
JS 224 Jul y 2 7, 1873. 
' X °. 25o.’ g . Srina gar, July 31, 1873. 
expang 113 .^’ Au S ust B > 1873.— Length 8-3 inches, wing 4‘5, tail 2-2, tarsus TO; 
towavri 6 bl11 from front 1’04, from gape 125. Iris yellow ; bill blackish, pale 
Al] as tllG tips ; feet reddish brown. 
Cl! ° f ^ W? &re in . W ° in and much abradcd Plumage. According to the strict 
° r hia° d never ’ i y 0ates is u0 doubt ri S bt m calling this species Sturnus humii, as 
Cop ol °gist, resr U <r Shed a descr |P tion op his Sturnus indicus. The names of the latter 
Cj)'!' (:ldori of paint' 1 * ° n ba h er * n Gra y’ s 1 Ornithological Miscellany,’ and founded on his 
V t| '! ,to comm 0 m ° h BldGsb (Museum, have in so many cases been recognized and 
1(dl ’ a dopti 0n U USC; lbad d think it is better to strain the law of nomenclature a little 
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