. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 40 STUKNIDiE. Ibis, 1885, p. 245; Giglwll, Avif. Ital.^. ] 8 (1886); Tait, Ibis, 1887, p. 179; Salvad. Elench. U'cc. ltd. p. 183 (1887). Sturnus vulgaris unicolor, Schley. Rev. Crit. p. Ivii (1814). Adult male. Uniform black above and below, glossed with bronzy purple, and slightly also with green, the feathers of the head, throat, and neck elongated and lanceolate; wing-coverts more purple than the back ; quills brown, externally black, glossed with steel-green on the edges, all with paler ashy-brown tips, edged with black round the ends; taU-fe
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 40 STUKNIDiE. Ibis, 1885, p. 245; Giglwll, Avif. Ital.^. ] 8 (1886); Tait, Ibis, 1887, p. 179; Salvad. Elench. U'cc. ltd. p. 183 (1887). Sturnus vulgaris unicolor, Schley. Rev. Crit. p. Ivii (1814). Adult male. Uniform black above and below, glossed with bronzy purple, and slightly also with green, the feathers of the head, throat, and neck elongated and lanceolate; wing-coverts more purple than the back ; quills brown, externally black, glossed with steel-green on the edges, all with paler ashy-brown tips, edged with black round the ends; taU-feathers ashy brown, externally glossed with purplish or greenish : " bill yellow, bluish at base of lower mandible; legs brownish flesh-colour; iris dark ; Total Icnglh 8-5 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 5-2, tail 2-35, tarsus 1-25. Aihdt female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 8*5 inches, culmen 1'15, wing 5, tail 2'4, tarsus 1"15. In ivinter plumage all the feathers are tipped with arrow-shaped spots of greyish white ; the wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers are edged with sandy brown; the bill is blackish. Young. Exactly like the young of S. vidgaris. Hah. The countries of the Mediterranean. a-g. Ad. sk. Seville, May. h. Ad. sk. Malaga. i,k. (S\ l,m. Malaga, Jan., March, May. 2 ad. sk. n. Ad. sk. Madrid. o. c? ad. sk. Morocco (Olcese). p-r. Ad. sk. Morocco. s. Juv. sk. Tangier (P. L. Sclafer). t. 2 ad. sk. Cagliari, Sardinia, May 1877. u,v.(^2 ^^- sl^- Sardinia, Jan. 18S9. w. Ad. sk. Sardinia. X, 2 ad. sk. Corsica, December. 2. POLIOPSAR. Poliopsar, Sharps, Ibis, 1888, p. 476 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. E. B. Sharpe, Esq, [P-]- Shelley Coll. Shellev Coll. Tweeddale CoU. Gould Coll. [P.]. Major H. Trevelyan L-P-] Baron Laugier [C.]. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P-J. Type. P. Head of P. cincraceus, to show feathered nostrils. Range. Indian and Indo-Chinese regions, extending throughout China to Japan and Eastern Please note that
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