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Genus TEMENUCHUS, Cabanis. 



Temenuchus pagodamm (Gmel.). 



Sturnia pagodarum, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 677 (1879). 



Tenienuchus pagodaruru, Oates, Fauna Bnt. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 533 (1889) ; 

 id., ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 374 (1889) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 73 (1890) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 519 (1909) j 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 349 (1910). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Myna are of a rather narrow oval 

 form, glossy, and of a pale greenish-blue colour. They measure 

 from '88 to 1'15 in length, and from -65 to 4 8 in breadth. 



7. Hansi, Punjab, June (W. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



3. Hansi, 3rd June ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Hansi, 6th June (W. B.). Hume Coll. 



6. Hansi, 10th July ( W. -#.). Hut e Coll. 



1. Hansi, 18th July ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Baraitch, 6th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Bareilly, 21st June. Hume Coll. 



2. Bareilly, 22nd June. Hume Coll. 



1. Bareilly, 23rd June. Hume Coll. 



2. Lucknow, 9th July. Hume Coll. 

 2. Lucknow, 22nd July. Hume Coll, 



2. Futteghur, 6th August. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Allahabad. Hume Coll. 



3. Allahabad, 16th July. Hume Coll. 



2. Mirzapur, 10th June'( W. E. Brooks : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



6. Jhansi, June (F. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



4. Saugor, C. Provs., 2nd July. Hume Coll, 



2. Saugor, 20th July. Hume Coll. 



3. Ahtoor, Madras, 13th Aug. Hume Coll. 



Genus GRACULIPICA, Lesson. 



Graculipica nigricollis (Payk.). 



Gracupica nisrricollis, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 60 ; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, 



p. 429. 

 Graculipica rigricollis, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 534 (1889) ; 



id., ed. Hume, Nests $ Egg* Ind. Birds, i. p. 377 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 77 (1890) ; Harington, J. Bomb. N. H. 



Soc. xiv. p. 598 (1902) ; Baker, Ibis, 1906, p. 267 ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 121 (1899), p. 349 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 519 



(1909). 



The eggs of the Black-necked Myna are of a regular oval form, 

 glossy, and of a dark greenish-blue colour. They measure from 

 1-16 to 1-36 in length, and from '85 to -94 in breadth. 



1. Amoy, China (R. Sivinhoe : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.}. 



