Acridotheres melanosternum, i«(/(/e. 



Acridotheres tristis, Layard, Ann. Mag. N. H. 2nd ser. xiii. p. 218 



(1854). 

 Acridotheres melanosternus, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 670 (1879) ; Oates, 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 588 (1889; ; id., ed. llnme. Nests Sf 



Egiis Ind. Birds, i. p. 380 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. 



p. 83(1890). 

 Acridotheres melanosternum, Sharjie, Hand-l. v. p. 520 (1909) ; Nelirk. 



Kat. Eicrsamml. p. 349 (1910). 



Two eggs of the Common Ceylon Myna are of a regular oval 

 shape, fairly glossy, and of a light greenish-blue colour. They 

 measure 1-17 by -84, and 1-15 by 'SS. 



1. Ceylon (E. L. Layard). 

 1, Anuradh-apura, Ceylon, May 

 (A. L. Butler). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest, 



