418 ETJLABETIDJB. 



Genus EULABES, Cuvier. 



Eulabes religiosa (Linn.}. 



(Plata XVIIT. figs. 14 & 15.) 



Uraeula religiosa, Thien. Fortpflan%. ges. Vog.t&b. xxxviii. fig. 11 (1845- 

 54). 



Eulabes religiosa, Legqe, Birds Ceylon, p. 682 (1879) ; Oates, Fauna 

 Brit. Intl., Birds', 'i p. 510 (1889) ; Oaten, ed. Hume, Nests $ Eyys 

 2nd. Birds, i. p. 363 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 522 (1909). 



Mainatus religiosus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 99 (1890). 



The eggs of the Southern-Indian Grackle are of an elongate oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are greenish-blue, sparingly 

 spotted and blotched with pale chocolate-red and lilac. The 

 markings appear to be very evenly distributed over the shell. Five 

 examples measure from 1*2 to 1-38 in length, and from -85 to '9 

 in breadth. 



2. Travancore, 21st April (F. W. Hume Coll. 



Bourdillori). 

 2. Mynall, Travaneore, 13th April Hume Coll. 



(T. F. Bourdillon}. 



1. Travancore, 20th May (T. F. B.). Hume Coll. 



Eulabes javanensis (OsbecJc). 



Eulabes javanensis, Binr/ham, Stray Feathers, ix. p. 192 (1880) : Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 512 (1889) : Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 522 

 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 350 (1910). 



Eulabes intermedia, Oates, ed. Hume, Nests $ Fgqs Ind. Birds, i. p. 365, 

 (1889) [part.]. 



Mainatus javanensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 102 (1890). 



The eggs of the Malay Grackle are inseparable from those of 

 E. religiosa. They measure respectively : 1'25 by '91 ; 1*29 by 

 93. 



2. Meplay Choim?, Tenasserim, 13th Hume Coll. 



March (C. T. Bingham). 



Eulabes intermedia (A. Hay}. 

 (Plate XVIII. fig. 13.) 



Eulabes intermedia, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, \. p. 51 1 (1889) ; Oates, 

 ed. Hume, Nests # Egg* Ind. Birds, i. p. 365 (1889) [part.] ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-L v. p. 523 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 350 (1910). 



Mainatus inteimedius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 104 (1890) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 122 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Grackle are of quite the same character 

 as those of E. religiosa and E. javanensis, but are much smaller. 



