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Four eggs of the Collared Myna resemble those of A. tristis. 
They measure: 1-1 by °82 (2); 1°09 by °81; and 1-06 by °53. 
4. Bhamo, Burma, 15th May. Col. H. H. Harington [P.]. 
Family EULABETID. 
Genus SARCOPS, Walden. 
Sarcops calvus (Linn.). 
(Plate XVIII. fig. 11.) 
Sarcops calvus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B, M. xiii, p. 97 (1890) [part.}; Ogilvie- 
Grant, Ibis, 1895, pp. 258 & 456, 1896, p. 469; McGregor, Man. 
Philippine Birds, pt. ii. p. 718 (1909) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 522 
(1909) [ part. ]. 
Two eggs of the Grey-backed Coleto are of a pointed oval form 
and slightly glossy. They are pale blue sparingly marked 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., May Crowley Bequest. 
(£. L. Moseley). 
Sarcops melanonotus, Ogilvie-Grant. 
(Plate XVIII. fig. 10.) 
Sarcops calvus, Awtter (nec Linn.), J. f. O. 1883, p. 312; Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds B. M. xiii. p. 97 (1890) [part.]; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1895, 
p- 258, 1896, p. 554; eh ‘hitehead, Ibis, 1899, p- 241 [part., Samar]; 
Shan ‘pe, Hand-l. vy. p. 522 (1909) [part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. 
p- 890 (1910). 
Sarcops melanonotus, Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 100 (1906) ; 
id., Ibis, 1906, p. 169 ; McGregor, Man. Philippine Bea pt. il. p. 719 
(1909). 
An egg of the Black-backed Coleto differs somewhat from those 
of S. calvus described above in being very 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. (0. Crowley Bequest. 
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