JAVAN PIED STARLING Gracupica jalla CR

Pastor jalla Horsfield, 1821

MZUT AV5904; skin; unsexed; Indonesia, ‘ Purmeran’ Island (northern Java), 5 March 1867; collected during the Magenta voyage .

MZUT AV5905; skin; unsexed; Indonesia, ‘ Purmeran’ Island (northern Java), 5 March 1867; collected during the Magenta voyage .

Remarks.—The species’ presence on Pulo Purmeran, near Ornust Island, off Jakarta, which had a naval base to repair and equip ships, is mentioned by Giglioli (1876).