_Sturnus cineraceus_ Temminck, Pl. Col. 2, 1832, pl. 556. (Type
locality, Japan.)
_Spodiopsar cineracea_ Kishida, Lansania, 1, 1929, p. 17 (Saipan);
Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 187 (Saipan).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in eastern Asia and Japan. Winters in
southern China and Philippines. In Micronesia: Mariana
Islands--Saipan.
_Remarks._--The Ashy Starling has been reported from Saipan by Kishida.
It probably is a casual winter migrant.
=Cleptornis marchei= (Oustalet)