ET7LABETIDJ5. 417 



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

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



4. Bhatno, Burma, 15th May. Col. H. H. Harington [P.]. 



Family EULABETIBM. 



Genus SARCOPS, Walden. 



Sarcops calvus (Linn.). 



(Plate XVIII. fig. 11.) 



Sarcops calvus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 97 (1890) [part.]; OgUvie- 

 Grant, Ibis, 1895, pp. 258 & 436, 1896, p. 469 ; McGregor, Man. 

 Philip-pine 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. Marindiique, Philippine Is., May Crowley Bequest. 

 {E. L. Moseley). 



Sarcops melanonotus, Ogilvie-Orant. 

 (Plate XVIII. fig. 10.) 



Sarcops calvus, Kutter (nee Linn.), J.f. O. 1883, p. 312; Sliarpe, Cat. 



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



p. 268, 1896, p. 554; Whitehead, Ibis, 1899, p. 241 [part., Samar] ; 



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



p. 850 (1910). 

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



ja.. 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. 

 Koch Sr A. Schadenberg: Kutter 

 Coll.). 



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