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GRACULID^E. 
Basilornis celebensis Gray. (13-95.) Celebes King Starling. 
Basilornis celebensis Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1861, p. 184 : 
Celebes. (Fig. Ibis, 1861, pi. 9. fig. 1.) 
Distr. — Celebes. 
Basilornis guleatus Meyer. Greater King Starling. 
Basilornis galeatus Meyer, Abh. Mus. Dresden, 1894, p. 2 : locality 
not known=Banggai ? (Fig. M. & W. pi. 36.) 
Distr. — Banggai Island. 
Genus GRACULA L. 
Gracula Linn6, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 108, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (by 
subsequent designation, Gray, 1840, p. 39) : G. religiosa Linn6. 
Eulabes Cuvier, Rt*gno Anim. vol. i. p. 401, 1817. Type (by monotypy) : 
Gracula religiosa Linne. 
Maivalus Lesson et Garnot (ex Brisson), Bull. Nat. Sci. (Ferussac), vol. x. 
p. 158, 1827. Type (by monotypy): Gracula religiosa Linn6. 
Gracula venerata Bp. Sun da Islands Starling. 
Distr. — Sumbawa, Flores, Alor, and Pantar. 
Gracula venerata venerata Bp. (13-101.) 
Gracula venerata Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. vol. i. p. 422, 1851 : 
Sumbawa, ex Temm. MSS. (Fig. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. i. pi. i. 
fig. 2, 1863.) 
Distr. —Sumbawa. 
Gracula venerata mertensi Rensch. 
Gracula venerata mertensi Rensch, Ornith. Monatsb. vol. xxxvi. 
pt. 2, p. 48: March, 1928 : West Flores. 
Distr. — Flores. 
Genus MI NO Lesson. 
Mino Lesson, Bull. Sci. Nat. (Ferussac), vol. x. p. 159, 1827. Type 
(by monotypy): Mino durnontii Less. 
Mino durnontii Less. 
Distr . — New Guinea and Aru Island, New Britain and Solomon 
Islands. 
Mmo durnontii durnontii Less. (13-111.) 
Mino\dumontii Lesson, Bull. Sci. Nat. (Ferussac), vol. x. p. 159, 1827 : 
New Guinea. 
