EkRs of the Scarlot-backed Flowcr-pccker are of a pointed oval 

 shai^, plain wiiite and without any gloss. They vary from -50 to 

 •58 in length, and from -38 to -42 in breadth. 



1. Dibrugarh, Assam, 24th May {J. B. Hume Coll. 



Cripps). ^ _ „ 



2 Pegu, 1st April {E. W. Oates). Gates Coll. 



2 Pegu, 9th April {E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 28th March {E. W. 0.). Crowley Bequest. 



DicSBum nigrimentum, Salvad. 

 Dicfeum nigrimentum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 17 (1885) ; id., 

 Hand-l. v. p. 21 (1906). 



Three eggs of the Black-chinned Flower-pecker are uniform 

 white and of an elongate oval form. They measure from -53 to 

 •58 in length, and from ^39 to -A in breadth. 



3. Singapore, 10th March {J. White- Crowley Bequest. 

 head). 



Dicaeum hirundinaceum (Shaw). 



Dicagum hirundinaceum, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 581 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 19 (1885) ; North, Nests Sf Eycjs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 236 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests <^ Eygs Austr. Birds, 

 i. p. 437 (1901) ; Sharpe, B.and-1. v. p. 22 (1906). 



The eggs of the Swallow Flower-pecker are of an elongate oval 

 form, slightly glossy and plain white. They measure from '64 to 

 •7 in length, and from -43 to -5 in breadth. 



6. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



3. South Australia {G. F. Angas). Gould Coll. 



1. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 



Dicseum hsBmatostictum, Sharpe. 



Dicseura ha;matostictum, Sharp)e, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 35 (1885) ; 

 Ogilme-Grant ^ Whitehead, Ibis, 1896, p. 553 ; 1898, p. 243, pi. vi. 

 fig. 2 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 25 (1906). 



An egg of the Blood-breasted Flower-pecker is of a regular oval 

 shape, without any gloss. It is pale greenish-white, spotted and 

 blotched with pale olive-brown and clouded with lilac-grey. The 

 markings are chiefly confined to the larger end of the egg. It 

 measures '65 by ^49. 



1. Canloan Volcano, Central Negros, J. Whitehead, Esq. [C,]. 

 Philippine Islands, 19th March. 



Dicseum trigonostigma (Scop.). 



Dicseum trigonostigma, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 343 ; id., Cat. Birds 

 B. M. X. p. 38 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 84 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 26 (1906). 



