GEACULIPICA. 535 



a black collar about an inch deep, but varying in extent in different 

 individuals ; below this collar a band, confined to the back, of 

 black feathers broadly margined with white ; back, scapulars, upper 

 rump, and the longer tail-coverts dark brown, each feather edged 

 paler -5 lower rump and the shorter tail-coverts white; tail dark 

 bro\\n, very broadly tipped vuth white; lower plumage, with the 

 exception of the collar, white ; under wing-coverts black, tipped 



Fig. 160. Head of G. nigricollis. 



with white ; primary-coverts pure white ; wings and coverts dark 

 brown, each feather conspicuously tipped with white, except the 

 primaries, the tippings to which are minute. 



The young have the whole head, and the part occupied by the 

 black collar in the adult, light brown. 



Naked skin round the eye bright yellow (Tiraud). 



Length 11 ; tail 4 ; wing 6-3 ; tarsus 1-6 ; bill from forehead 1/4. 



Distribution. Abundant at Bhamo, in Upper Burma; occurs in 

 Tenasserim, according to Hume, who received several specimens 

 from this locality, through the late Mr. Mandelli. This species is 

 found in Cochin China, Siam, and Southern China. 



Habits, fyc. Dr. John Anderson found this species breeding in 

 May to the east of Bhamo, at Muangla, in a clump of trees. He 

 does not, however, describe the nest nor does he state whether this 

 bird constructs a nest or merely lays its eggs in a hole of a tree. 



547. Graculipica burmanica. Jerdon's Myna. 



Sturnia burmanniea, Jerd. Ibis, 1862, p. 21 ; Blyth $ Wald. Birds 



Burm. p. 90 ; Hume, Cat. no. 689 bis ; Oates, S. F. x, p. 230 ; id. 



B. B. i, p. 385. 

 Temenuchus burmanicus (Jerd.), Blanf. Ibis, 1870, p. 469; Hume, 



S. F. iii, p. 149 ; Armstrong, S. F. 'iv, p. 332 ; Anders. Yunnan 



Exped., Aves, p. 596. 

 Acridotheres burmanicus (Jerd.), Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 



(2) iv, p. 605. 

 Poliupsar burmanicus (Jerd.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 45, pi. iv, 



fig. 1. 

 Zayet, Buriii. 



Cokration. The whole head and upper breast dull white ; back 

 and scapulars ashy brown; rump and upper tail-coverts paler; 

 median pair of tail-feathers dark ashy brown, the others blackish, 

 all broadly tipped with white ; breast and abdomen vinous ; vent 

 and under tail-coverts fulvous white; under wing-coverts and 



