268 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker on the 



His eggs were taken at Taungyi, Upper Burmah. 



In a letter he writes : — " G. nigricollis is very common in 

 the Southern Shan States east of Taungyi and Fort Stead- 

 man; it is also found sparingly up the Chindwin River. It 

 makes a huge nest of the same description as Sturnopastor 

 superciliaris, generally placed near the top of a Ficus, but I 

 have found it low down in a hedge in the Shan States. The 

 eggs are of the usual Myna type, but larger. Burmese birds 

 breed in April, May, and June." 



Capt. Harrington was good enough to send me several 

 clutches of this Myna's eggs, as well as the skins of the 

 parent birds. The eggs are just like those of Acridotheres 

 trisiis, but are generally perhaps rather darker blue, and, 

 possibly, rather finer in texture. My clutches number either 

 three or four. Ten eggs sent to me average 1*31 by 

 •91 inch. 



108. GltACULIPICA BURMANICA. 



Oates, F. B. Intl. i. p. 535. 



The only note that I have on this bird's breeding is one 

 kindly sent me by Capt. Harrington. In a letter to me he 

 writes : " G. burmanica is the common Myna of Upper Burmah 

 in the jungles. It breeds both in holes in trees and in zyuts 

 and houses. I found a pair building in the verandah of the 

 Kalaura dak-bungalow in May, and outside the nest was 

 the remains of a former tenant, suspended by the leg by a 

 piece of string which had been used in the construction of 

 the original nest. 



" It breeds, probably, from April to June." 



Capt. Harrington sent me several clutches, two of which 

 consisted of five eggs. They are much smaller than those 

 of G. nigricollis, and all those sent are distinctly paler; 

 moreover, they differ also in shape, for whereas the eggs of 

 G. nigricollis are generally rather long ovals and are distinctly 

 gracefully shaped, those of G . burmanica are shorter ovals, 

 more suddenly compressed towards the smaller end and, ou 

 the whole, more pointed. 



My eggs average in size l - 05 by "81 in. 



