nicEUM. 9 



An egg of the Orange-bellied Flower-pecker scut bj' Sir Hugh 

 Low is of a pointed oval shape and devoid of gloss. It is pale 

 grceuish-white, rather thickly speckled and spotted, especially at 

 the broad end, with umber-brown and dull purplish-grey. It 

 measures '62 by '42. 



1. Labuan Island, Borueo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



Dicseum cinereigulare, Tweedd. 



(Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Dicaeum cinereigulare, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 40 (1885) ; Ogilvie- 

 Grant ^ Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 243; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 84 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 27 (1906). 



The eggs of the Grey-throated Plower-pecker are of a pointed 

 oval shape, slightly glossy and plain white. They measure from 

 •59 to '(i'l in length, and from "42 to -45 in breadth. 



2. Samar, Philippine Islands, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Samar, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.l. 

 2. Samar, July. J. Whitehead, ilsq. [C.]. 



1. Samar, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. [ C.]. 



DicsBum chrysorrhoeum, Temm. 



DiciEum chrysorrhoeum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 44 (1885) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Lid., Birds, ii. p. 378 (1890) ; Baker, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 348 ; Sharpe, Haiid-l. v. p. 27 (1906). 



Eggs of the Yellow-vented Flower-pecker are of a long oval 

 shape, and duU white, devoid of gloss. They measure -Q in length, 

 and from '41 to -42 in breadth. 



2. Margherita, Assam, ISth June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



Eicseum concolor, Jerdon. 



DicEeum concolor, Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. 31. x. p. 45 (1885) ; Oates, 

 Faima Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 379 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests Sf 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 272 (1890) ; Shmpe, Hand-l. v. p. 28 (1906). 



The eggs of the Nilghiri Flower-pecker are elongate ovals, 

 entirely devoid of gloss, and plain white. The average measure- 

 ment of four examples is '64 by -43. 



1. Nilghiri Hills, S. India, 19th Jan. Hume CoU. 



2. Nilghiri Hills, April. Hume Coll. 

 1. NHghiri Hills, May. Hume Coll. 



DicsBum olivaceum, Walden. 



Dicaeum inornatum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 45 (1885). ' 

 Dicaeum oUvaceum, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 380 (1890) : 

 Baker, Ibis, 1896, p. ;!49 ; Shar2ic, Hand-l. \. p. 28 (1906). 



