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Genus EULABES, Ctivier. 



Eulabes religiosa {Linn.). 



(Plats XVIIL figs. 14 & 15.) 



Gracula religiosa, Thien. Fortjrflaiiz. (jes. Tog. tab. xxxviii. fig. 11 (184o- 

 54). 



Eulabes religio.sa, Legqe, Bh-ds Co/Ion, p. 682 (1879) ; Oaten, Fauna 

 Brit. Iml, Birds', i p. 510 (1889) ; Oaten, ed. Hume, Nesfs Sf Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, i. p. 36.3 (1889); S;har2^e, Iland-l. \. p. 522 (1909). 



Mainatus religiosu.s, Sharjje, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 99 (1890). 



The eggs of the Southern-Indinn Grackle are of an elongate oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are greenish-blue, sparingly 

 spotted and blotched with pale chocolate-red and lilac. The 

 markings apjiear to be very evenly distributed over the shell. Five 

 examples measure from 1*2 to 1'38 in length, and from '85 to '9 

 in breadth. 



2. Travancore, 21st April {F. W. Hume Coll. 



Bourdillon). 

 2. Mvniill, Travancore, 13th April Hume Coll. 

 '(T. F. Bourdillon). 



1. Travancore, 20th May (T. i^ i?.). Hume Coll. 



Eulabes javanensis (Oshccl). 



Eulabes javanensis, Binc/hani, Stray Feathers, ix. p. 192 (1880) : Oafes, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind.. Birds, i. p. 512 (1889) : Sliarpe, Hand-l. v. p. b'22 

 (1909) ; ]S-ehrlc. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 350 (1910). 



Eulabes intermedia, Oates, ed. Hume, Nests Sf Fgqs Ind. Birds, i. p. 365, 

 (1889) [part.]. 



Mainatus javanensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 102 (1890). 



The eggs of the Malay Grackle are inseparable from those of 

 E. religiosa. They measure respectively : 1"25 by -yi ; 1'29 by 

 •93. 



2. Meplav Choung, Tenasserim, 13th Hume Coll. 



March (C. T. Bingham). 



Eulabes intermedia (A. Hay). 

 (Plate XVIII. fig. 13.) 



Eulabes intermedia, Oates. Fauna Brit. Ind.. Birds, i. p. 511 (1889) ; Oates, 

 ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eqqs Ind. Birds, i. p. 365 (1889) [part.] ; Shmpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 523 (1909) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 350 (1910). 



Mainatus inteimerlius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 104 (1890) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 122 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Grackle are of quite the same character 

 as those of E. religiosa and E. javanensis, but are much smaller. 



