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never met witli until late in the season. On one occasion 

 a Grackle's nest containing a white egg was found inside a 

 Magpie's great domed structure, and on another, two white 

 eggs were found in a nest with one of the Koel. When 

 four eggs of the Koel are found in a Grackle's nest those of 

 the rightful owner are invariably disposed of, though how 

 the usurper distinguishes its own productions in the dark 

 interior of the covered nest it is difficult to say. 



The Crackle attacks the Koel just as the Crow does 

 in India, but never so desperately, and the young Koel 

 or Koels grow up very comfortably with the young of 

 their foster-parents, who feed them side by side. Although 

 usually placed in a tall tree, a nest was found, in course of 

 construction, only four feet from the ground. 



Eggs have been taken from April 20 until August 9, 

 and they vary in surface from smooth and glossy to decidedly 

 granular. 



A large number of eggs average 1*28 x "91, and vary 

 in length from 1*40 to 1*18 and in breadth from "96 to "SG. 



ACRIDOTHERES CRISTATELLUS. 



The Chinese Mynah is one of the commonest resident 

 birds in Kwang Tung and Kwang Si. 



In the winter months these birds are gregarious, and 

 large flocks are not infrequently seen at Moto, where they 

 roost at night in the reeds. Their clamour. Starling-fashion, 

 is deafening before they go to roost, and, also Starling-wise, 

 they indulge in aerial evolutions before retiring. The 

 formation of flocks has been noticed as early as July 23, 

 but more usually takes place in October. 



The Mynah breeds plentifully at Hong Kong and else- 

 where on the Kwang Tung coast, where, as a rule, some hole 

 in a building, the top of a waste-water pipe, or still more 

 frequently the deserted hole of one of the Kingfishers, is 

 made use of. In the latter, a sort of step is always 

 scratched at the lower portion of the orifice, which is also 

 considerably enlarged. 



Up the West llivcr and inland the favourite site is an old 



