Sturnia nemoricola, _Jerd., Hume, cat._ no. 688 bis.
Mr. Gates writes from Lower Pegu:--"Of _S. nemoricola_ I have taken
two sets of eggs: one set of two eggs fresh, and one of three on the
point of being hatched; the former on 12th May, the latter on 6th
June. In size the two clutches vary extraordinarily. The first two
eggs measure ·82 x ·62 and ·85 x ·63; the second lot measure 1·01 x
·7, 1·0 x ·7, and 1·0 x ·7.
"The eggs are very glossy, and the colour is a uniform dark greenish
blue, of much the same tint as the egg of _Acridotheres tristis_."