^THIOPSAK. 541 







having the habits of Acridotheres tristis. Breeds from March to 

 July, depositing its eggs in the hole of a tree. The eggs measure 

 about 1-19 by -83. 



553. JEthiopsar grandis. The Siamese Myna. 



Acridotheres grandis, Moore, Horsf. 8f M. Cat. ii, p. 537 (1856-58) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 91. 

 Acridotheres siamensis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 18G3, p. 303; Wold, in 



BlytKs Birds Burm. p. 90 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 460 ; 



Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 388 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, 



p. 594 ; Hume, Cat. no. 686 quat. ; id. S. F. ix, p. 235 ; Gates, B. B. 



i, p. 381 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 264; Salvador!, Ajm. Mus. Civ. Gen. 



(2) iv, p. 603. 



Coloration. Upper plumage black ; lower plumage blackish 

 brown; under tail-coverts pure white, the bases blackish ; tail 

 black broadly tipped with white ; wings black glossed with bronze; 

 the primaries with a large patch of white near their bases and the 

 primary-coverts white with black bases. The feathers of the head 

 are very narrow and pointed, and the frontal plumes are about 

 three quarters of an inch long or more. 



Iris pale chocolate; bill orange-yellow; legs dusky yellow 

 ( Wardlaiu Ramsay}. Iris light reddish to orange-brown or hazel 

 (Hume}. 



Length 10 ; tail 3-5; wing 5-2 ; tarsus 1-5 ; bill from gape 1-3. 



Distribution. Manipur; the neighbourhood of Bhamo ; Karennee; 

 Tenasserim river. Found also in Siam and Cochin China. Moore's 

 types of this bird are labelled as having come from Sumatra, but 

 this locality is probably wrong. 



The length of the frontal crest varies considerably. Tenasserim 

 and Karennee birds have the crest of great length, but in Manipur 

 specimens it is much reduced. 



&. cristatellus from China is closely allied, but differs in having 

 the frontal crest of a somewhat different character, the under tail- 

 coverts black with white tips and narrower tips to the tail-feathers. 



Halits, 6fc. Hume describes this bird as feeding with A. tristis 

 and other Mynas on trees. It apparently breeds in Manipur. 



554. JEthiopsar albicinctus. The Collared Myna. 



Acridotheres albocinetus, Godiv.-Aust. fy Wald. Ibis, 1875, p. 251 ; 

 Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 200, pi. v ; Hume, S. F. 

 iv, p. 217 ; id. Cat. no. 686 ter ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 

 (2) iv, p. 604 ; Gates, Ibis, 1888, p. 72, pi. i ; Hume, S. F. xi, 

 p. 262; Sharp, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 94. 



Coloration. The whole upper plumage, wings, and tail black, 

 with a slight gloss ; the base of the primaries and the tips of the 

 primary-coverts white ; the tail tipped with white ; a pale buff 

 collar from side to side of neck, interrupted on the hind neck, 

 which is merely streaked with buff ; lower plumage greyish black, 



