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STURNID_E. 

4. Agra, 18th June. Ifume Coll. 
1. Agra, 19th June. Hume Coll. 
7. Agra, 21st June. Hume Coll. 
3. Agra, 22nd June. flume Coll. 
4. Agra, July. Hume Coll. 
2. Agra, 22nd July. Hume Coll. 
1. Agra, 23rd July. Tfume Coll. 
4. Agra, 4th Sept. Hume Coll. 
3. Agra, 4ti Sept. lume Coll. 
6. Agra, 5th Sept. Hume Coll. 
6. Bareilly, 13th June. Hume Coll. 
3. Bareilly, 14th June. Hume Coll. 
3. Bareilly, 16th June. Hume Coll, 
1. Bareilly, 21st June. Hume Coll. 
1. Mirzapur (W. E. Brooks: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 
tram Coll.), 
3. Jhansi, i3th June. Hume Coll. 
7. Jhansi, 22nd June. Hume Coll. 
2. Jabalpur, C. Provs. (W. Theo- Crowley Bequest. 
bald: Tristram Coil.). 
8. Saugor, C. Provs. Hume Coll. 
1. Ahtoor, Madras, 18th Aug. Hume Coll. 
2. Kotagherry, Nilehiri Hills, 20th Tlume Coll. 
Feb. (Miss Cockburn). 
2. Kotagherry, 7th March (Miss Hume Coll. 
Cockburn). 
3. Kotagherry, 20th April (Miss Hume Coll 
Cockburn). 
1. Pegu, April. Oates Coll 
1. Pegu, 9th June. Oates Coll. 
2. Pegu, 17th July. Oates Coll. 
3. Pegu, 28th July. Oates Coll. 
1. . Mauritius (Z. Newton: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
Acridotheres melanosternum, Leyye. 
Acridotheres tristis, Layard, Ann. Mag. N. H. 2nd ser. xiii. p. 218 
(1854). 
Acridotheres melanosternus, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 670 (1879) ; Oates, 
Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 1. p. 538 (1889); td., ed. Hume, Nests & 
Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 380 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Bards B,. M. xii. 
p-. 85 (1890). 
Acridotheres melanosternum, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 520 (1909) ; Nehrk. 
Kat. Liersammi. p. 849 (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. 
Salvin-Godman Coll, 
1. Ceylon (Z. L. Layard). 
Crowley Bequest. 
1, Anuradh-apura, Ceylon, May 
(A. L. Butler). 
