418 EULABETID.®. 
Genus EULABES, Cuvier. 
Eulabes religiosa (Linn.). 
(Plate XVIII. figs. 14 & 15.) 
Gracula religiosa, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxxviii. fig, 11 (1845- 
54). 
Eulabes religiosa, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 682 (1879); Oates, Fara 
Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 510 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests § Eggs 
Ind. Birds, i. p. 363 (1889); Sharpe, Hand-!. v. p. 522 (1909). 
Mainatus religiosus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 99 (1890). 
The eges of the Southern-Indian 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 appear 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 (Ff. W. Hume Coll. 
Bourdillon). 
2. Mynall, Travancore, 13th April Hume Coll. 
(7. F. Bourdillon). 
1. Travancore, 20th May (T. F. B.). Hume Coll. 
Eulabes javanensis (Osbeck). 
Eulabes javanensis, Bingham, Stray Feathers, ix. p. 192 (1880); Oates, 
Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 512 (1889): Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 522 
(1909); Nehrk. Kat. Liersamml. p. 850 (1910). 
Eulabes intermedia, Oates, ed. Hume, Nests § Eggs Ind. Birds, 1. 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 cf 
E. religiosa. They measure respectively: 1°25 by -91; 1:29 by 
Oo. 
2. Meplay Choung, Tenasserim, 13th * Hume Coll. 
March (C. 7. Bingham). 
Eulabes intermedia (4. Hay). 
(Plate XVIII. fig. 13.) 
Eulabes intermedia, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind.. Birds, i. p.511 (1889); Oates, 
ed. Hume, Nests § Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 365 (1889) [part.]; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. vy. p. 523 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 850 (1910). 
Mainatus intermedius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 104 (1890) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eversammil. p. 122 (1899). 
The eggs of the Indian Grackle are of quite the same character 
as those of HL. religiosa and E. javanensis, but are much smaller. 
