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Four eggs of the Collared Myna resemble those of A. tristis. 

 They measure : 1-1 by "82 (2); 1-09 by -81 ; and 1-06 by -83. 



4. Rha-.no, Burma, loth May. Col. H. H. Harmgton [I'.]. 



Family EULABETID^l. 



Genus SARCOPS, Walden. 

 Sarcops calvus (Linn.}. 

 (Plate XVIII. fig. 11.) 



Sarcops calvus, Sharp?., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 97 (1890) [part.]; Oyilvie- 

 Grant, Ibis, 1895, pp. 258 & 456, 1896, p. 469 ; McGregor, Man. 

 Philippine Birds, pt. ii. p. 718 (1909) ; Sharpe, Hand-L y. p. 522 

 (1909) [part.]. 



Two eggs of the Grey-backed Coleto are of a pointed oval form 

 and slightly glossy. They are pale blue sparingly marked all over 

 with distinct spots and small blotches of pale brown and lilac-grey. 

 They measure respectively : 1-28 by '9 ; 1'26 by -88. 



2. Marinduque, Philippine Is., May Crowley Bequest. 

 (E. L. Moseley}. 



Sarcops melanonotus, OgHvie-Grant. 

 (Plate XVIII. fig. 10.) 



Sarcops calvus, Kutter (me Linn.}, J. f. O. 1883, p. 312; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xiii. p. 97 (1890) [part.] ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1895, 



p. 258, 1896, p. 554; Whitehead, Ibis, 1899, p. 241 [part., Samar] ; 



Sharpe, Handel, v. p. 522 (1909) [part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eicrsamml. 



p. 350 (1910). 

 Sarcops melanonotus, Of/ilvie- Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 100 (1906) ; 



/</., Ibis, 1906, p. 469 ; McGregor, Man. Philippine Birds, pt. ii. p. 719 



(1909). 



An egg of the Black-backed Coleto differs somewhat from those 

 of S. calvus described above in being very glossy. The ground- 

 colour is pale bluish-green, and the umber-brown and lilac-grey 

 spots and blotches are mostly concentrated round the larger end. 

 It measures 1*3 by '92. 



1. S.E. Mindanao, Philippine Is. (O. Crowley Bequest. 

 Kock $ A. Schadrnlwry: Kutter 



Coll.). 

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