. Birds. Birds. STTJEnrs. 523 Bill blackish horn in winter, lower mandible narrowly edged white ; legs and feet dark hazel; iris deep brown (Butler). Length about 9; tail 2-6; wing 5; tarsus 1-15; bill from gape 1-3. Distribution. A winter visitor to the Himalayas as far east as Dibrugarh in Assam, and to the plains of India as far south as the. Fig. 155.—Head of S. menzhieri. atitude of Baroda. In the British Museum there is, however, a specimen procured by Burgess in the Deccan, and another from the Tweeddale collection marked Madras. Hume states that this species breeds in Kashmir. Scully o
. Birds. Birds. STTJEnrs. 523 Bill blackish horn in winter, lower mandible narrowly edged white ; legs and feet dark hazel; iris deep brown (Butler). Length about 9; tail 2-6; wing 5; tarsus 1-15; bill from gape 1-3. Distribution. A winter visitor to the Himalayas as far east as Dibrugarh in Assam, and to the plains of India as far south as the. Fig. 155.—Head of S. menzhieri. atitude of Baroda. In the British Museum there is, however, a specimen procured by Burgess in the Deccan, and another from the Tweeddale collection marked Madras. Hume states that this species breeds in Kashmir. Scully on the other hand informs us that it passes through G-ilgit at the spring and autumn migration, and that a few remain during the winter in that place. He does not appear to have noticed it in summei". This Starling retires in summer to Siberia and portions of Central Asia. 533. Sturnus poltaratzskii. Finsch's Starling. Sturnus poltaratzskii, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 7] 2; Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 439; Scully, J. A. S. B. Ivi, pt. ii, p. 86; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 36. Sturnus nobilior, Hume, S. F. viii, p. 175 (1879). Coloration. Eesembles S. humii. Gloss. Head, throat, neck, tail, and wings purplish red; hind neck, back, and breast bronze-green; scapulars and rump purplish blue ; abdomen purplish red. Bill yellow in summer, the base of the lower mandible horn- grey ; feet reddish brown; iris brown (Finsch). Length about 8*5 ; tail 2*6; wing 4-8 to 5"2; tarsus 1'2; bill from gape 1'3. Distribution. The only specimens that I have seen of this Star- ling from India are, one from Mardan in the Punjab on the borders of Cabul, another from India, and one from Sind. The first is in the Hume collection, the second in the Grould col- lection, the third was collected by Blanford on the Manchhar. This Starling occurs westwards as far as Europe in winter, and. in Siberia and Central Asia in summer. Knsch found it breeding on lake Marka-Kul in the Chinese High Altai at 5
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