418 ETTLAliETIDiE. 



Genus EULABES, Cuvier. 

 Eulabes religiosa {Linn.). 



(Plats XVIIT. figs. 14&3S.) 



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Graeula religiosa, Thien. Fortpflanz. gea. Vog. tab. xxxviii. fig. 11 (1845- 

 54). 



Eiilaliea religiosa, Legge, Bh-d$ Ceylon, p. 682 (1879) ; Oaten, Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 510 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, i. p. 363 (1889) ; Sliarpe, 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-hlue, 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. 



Bourdillon). 

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



(T. F. Bourdillon). 



1. Travancore, 20th May (r. J". 5.). Hume Coll. 



Eulabes javanensis {Osbeck). 



Eulabes javanensis, Binqham, Stray Feathers, ix. p. 192 (1880) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind.. Birds, i. p.' 512 (1889) : Ska7-pe, Hand-l. v. p. 6-J2 

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



Eulabes intermedia, Oates, ed. Hume, Nests & Egqs Ind. Birds, i. p. 865, 

 (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 Chouns', Tenasserim, 13th Hume Coll. 



March (C. T. Bingham). 



Eulabes intermedia {A. Hay). 

 (Plate XVIII. fig. 13.) 



Eulabes intermedia, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 511 (1889) ; Oates, 

 ed. Hume, Nests ^ Fggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 865 (1889) [part.] ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 523 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Fiersamml. p. 350 (1910). 



Mainatus int^imedius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 104 (1890) • 

 Nehrk. Kat. Fiersamml 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. 



