414 



8TUHX1D.T2. 



Acridotheres melanosternum, Lrijye. 



Acridotheres tristis, Layard, Ann. Mac/. X. H. 2nd ser. xiii. p. 218 



(1854). 

 Acridotheres melanosternus, Lei/f/e, Birds Cei/lon, p. 670 (1879) ; Oates, 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i'. "p. 538 (1889; ; id., ed. Hmne, Nests Sf 



Egqs Ind. Birds, i. p. 380 (1S89) ; Hluirpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. 



p. 83 (1890). 

 Acridotheres melanosternum, Shnrpe, Haiid-l. v. p. 520 (1909) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersaniml. p. 349 (1910). 



Two eggs of the Common Ceylon Myna are of a regular oval 

 shape, fairly glossy, and of a light greenish-blue colour. They 

 measure 1-17 by -84, and 1-15 by -85. 



]. Ceylon (E. L. Layard). 

 1. Anuradh-apiira, Ceylon, Mav 

 {A. L. Butler). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



