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to the collection of eggs, as well as the recognition in the Hand-list 

 of manj- more species and sub-species, has made it necessary to 

 rewrite almost the whole volume. 



The total number of species dealt: with in the present volume is 

 1117, and the number of eggs catalogued 19,283, as shown in the 



following table : — 



No. of specinietis 

 Family. No. of species. of eggs. 



Zosteropidre 20 186 



Dicajidfe 17 103 



Nectariniida? 48 281 



Meliphagidae 70 546 



Mniotiltida) 38 333 



Motacillidce 59 2292 



Akudidte 'to 1278 



Fringillida? 297 6296 



Coerebida; 13 48 



Tanagridic 47 1 74 



rioceidfe 130 2093 



Icterida; 73 1074 



SturnidiB 33 888 



Eulabetidoj 23 183 



Orioliilte 14 242 



Dicruiida; 18 505 



Paradiseidse 15 24 



Corvidre 110 2704 



Rtreperida3 7 28 



Total .... 1117 19,283 



iOth AuEusi, 1111 



W. 11. OGILVIE-GIUNT. 



