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oases quite separated by a feathered tract, as shown in the cut 

 (fig. 150). For this cut I have selected a bird in which this 

 feature is marked in an extraordinary degree, but it is more or 

 h'ss the same in other specimens. Some birds, however, have the 

 patches joined by a narrow line not broader than an ordinary pin. 

 But under no circumstances can the two species be confounded, if 

 well-prepared specimens of each be examined. 



Bill orange- vermilion, yellow at the tip ; legs and wattles sulphur- 

 yellow ( \Vardlaw liamsay}. 



Length about 12'5 ; tail 3'5 ; wing 6'8; tarsus 1*5; bill from 

 gape 1-6. 



Distribution. The extreme south of Tenasserim, probably ranging 

 into the Thoungyeen valley. The Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java, 

 and Borneo. 



Habits, $c. A nest of a Grackle found by Bingham in Tenasserim, 

 judging by the size of the eggs, belonged to this species. It was 

 found in March, and the two eggs it contained measured 1 3 by 

 ( J5, and 1-27 by -93. 



526. Eulabes ptilogenys. The Ceylon Grackle. 



Gracula ptilogenys, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 285 (1846) j id. Cat. 



p. 108. 

 Kulabes ptilogenys (Blyth}, Hume, S. F. vii, p. 410; Legge, Birds 



Ceyl. p. 685, pi. '2$, fisr. 2; Hume, Cat. no. 693 bis; Oafes in 



Hume's N. # E. 2nd ed. i, p. 366. 

 Mainatus ptilogenys (Blyth), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 109. 



Md.'-Kawada, Selalaheniyfi, Cing. 



Fig. 151. Head of E. ptilogenys. 



Coloration. Xo naked skin on side of head ; the whole plumage 

 brilliant glossy black, the first six or seven primaries with a patch 

 of white at their bases. 



Iris (male) greyish white, dappled with brown, (female) white 

 or yellowish white ; bill orange-red, with the upper mandible 

 black from gape to nostril, the lower black for half its length ; 

 legs and feet gamboge-yellow ; claws blackish ; lappets rich yellow 

 (Legge). 



Length about 10 ; tail 2-8 ; wing 6 ; tarsus 1'35 ; bill from 

 gape 1'4. 



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