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Four eg^s of the Collared ilyna resemble those of A. tristis. 

 Tliey measure : M by -82 (2); 1-09 by -81 ; and 1-06 by -53. 



4. BUa!ni., P.iirma, loth May. Col. H. H. Hariugton [V.]. 



Family EULABETID.E. 



(J.'iius SARCOPS, )Val,In,. 



Sarcops calvus (Linn.). 



(Plate XVIII. fig. 11.) 



Sarcops calvus, Sharpc, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 97 (1890) [part.]; Ogilvie- 

 Granf, Ibis, 1895, pp. 2o8 & 456, 1896, p. 469 ; McGregor, Man. 

 Philippine Birds, pt. ii. p. 718 (1909) ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. p, 522 

 (1909) [part.]. 



Two eggs of the Grey-backed Coleto are of a pointed oval form 

 and slightly glossy. They ai-e pale blue sparingly marlved all over 

 with distinct spots and small blotches of pale brown and lilac-grey. 

 They measure respectively : 1*28 by '9 ; 1"26 by "88. 



2. Marinduque, Philippine Is., ]Mav Crowley Bequest. 

 {E. L. Moseh'i/). 



Sarcops melanonotus, 0</ilvie- Grant. 

 (Plate XVIII. fig. 10.) 



Sarcops calvus, Kiifttr {iiec Linn.), J.f. O. 1883, p. 312; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xiii. p. 97 (1890) [part] ; Oqiloie-Grant, Ibis, 1895, 



p. 258, 1896, p. 554; Whitehead, Ibis, 1899, p. 241 [part., Samar] ; 



Sharpe, Handel, v. p. 522 (1909) [part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eivrsamnd. 



p. 350 (1910). 

 Sarcops melanonotus, 0(/ihie-Granf, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 100 (1906) ; 



id., Ibis, 1906, p. 469 ; McGregor, 3Ian. Philippine Birds, pt. ii. p, 719 



(1909). 



An egg of the Black-backed Coleto differs somewhat from those 

 of S. calvus described above in being verj' glossy. The ground- 

 colour is pale bluish-green, and the umber-brown and lilac-grey 

 spots and blotches are mostly concentrated round the larger end. 

 It measures 1"3 by '92. 



1. S.E. Mindanao, Philippine Is. (O. Crowley Bequest. 



Kocl: Sf- A. SclKidriibfri/: Kid/er 



Coll.). 

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