EULABES. 511 



Legge, it is not found above 1500 feet. The distribution of this 

 species is not well shown by the series in. the British Museum, and 

 its northern limits are difficult to determine. 



^Fig. 148. Head of E. 



Habits, fyc. Breeds from March to October. The eggs measure 

 about 1*3 by '88, and are generally two in number. 



524. Eulabes intermedia. The Indian Graclde. 



Gracula intermedia, A. Hay, Madr. Journ. L. S. xiii, pt. ii, p. 157 



(1844) ; Blyth, Cat. p. 107 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 391. 

 Eulabes intermedia (A. Hat/), Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, p. 523 ; Jerd. 



B. I. ii, p. 339; Ball, S. F. i, p. 77; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 



1877, p. 460; Ball, S. F. vii, p. 222; Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 



2nd ed. i, p. 365. 

 Eulabes andamanensis, Tytler, Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 331 ; Wold. 



Ibis, 1871, p. 177. 

 Eulabes javanensis (Osb.), Hume, N. Sf E. p. 436; id. S. F. ii, 



p. 254, v, p. 86; id. 8f Dae. S. F. vi, p. 396; Hume, Cat. no. 693 



(part.). 



Mainatus interniedius (A. Hay}, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 104. 

 Mainatus andamanensis (Tytler}, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 107. 



The Nepal Hill Myna, Jerd. ; Paharia-maina, Hind. ; Thaleegah, 

 Burm. 



Fig. 149. Head of E. intermedia. 



Coloration. The whole plumage black, the edges of the feathers 

 broadly edged with metallic lilac and green ; wings and tail dull 

 black, most of the primaries with a patch of white at their base. 



The young bird is dull black and has no wattles. These begin 

 to grow in the first October after birth. 



Bill coral-red, yellow at the tip ; mouth flesh-colour ; iris brown ; 



