. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 26 STTJENIDJE, thers just reaching to the hinder part of the nasal opening 32. Hagiopsar, p. IfiS. A;*^. Tarsus longer than culmen. ?'". Cuhnen longer than hind toe and claw 33. PYRRHoCHEmA, A'. Culmen less than hind [p. 169. toe and claw, rt^. Tail nearly square and shortened; under tail- coverts falling short of end of tail by no more than length of tarsus 34. Lamprocolius, p. 170. 68. Tail strongly gradua- ted ; under tail-coverts falling short of end of tail by more than length of tarsus .... 36. Heteropsar*, p. 185. vv^. Outstretched fe
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 26 STTJENIDJE, thers just reaching to the hinder part of the nasal opening 32. Hagiopsar, p. IfiS. A;*^. Tarsus longer than culmen. ?'". Cuhnen longer than hind toe and claw 33. PYRRHoCHEmA, A'. Culmen less than hind [p. 169. toe and claw, rt^. Tail nearly square and shortened; under tail- coverts falling short of end of tail by no more than length of tarsus 34. Lamprocolius, p. 170. 68. Tail strongly gradua- ted ; under tail-coverts falling short of end of tail by more than length of tarsus .... 36. Heteropsar*, p. 185. vv^. Outstretched feet reaching to end of tail 37. Spreo, p. 187. /'. With a broad eyebrow of peculiar wax- like feathers 38. Exopes, p. 1S»2. d. Nasal aperture exposed aud situated in a bony groove; wax-like crimson appen- dages to the rump and upper tail-coverts 39. ScissiHOSTRU>i,p. 193. 1. STURNUS. ^ Type. Stumus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 291 (1766) S. Head of Stttrnus vulgaris, to show bare nostrils. Range. Confined to the Palaearctic and Indian Regions of the Old World. Key to tlie Species. u. Head and back differing in colour. a'. Scapulars green, bluish green, or bronzy green. a". Wing-coverts green or steel-green. a'". Breast gi-een ; flanks steel-blue or pur- plish blue. a*. Head and throat green vuhjaris, p. 27. 6^. Head and throat reddish purple .... menzbieri, p. 33. * Somewhere here must be entered 35. Coccycolius, p. 18,").. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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