10 mcJsiDj;. 



Three eggs of the Plain-coloured Flower-pecker are of a rather 

 broad oval shape, pure white, and devoid of gloss. They measure 

 from -52 to -58 in length, and from -42 to -46 in breadth. 



1. Maro-herita, Assam, 15th May. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Margherita, 15th August. E. 0. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



Dicsenm erjrthrorhynchum (LatJi.). 



Piceum minimum, Tick. ; Lec/ffe, Birds Ceylon, p. 574 (1879). 



Dicfeum ervthrorhyncluim, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 48 (1885) ; 



Barnes] Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 86 (1889) ; v. pi. (1890) ; 



Oates, Fauna Brit. Lid., Birds, ii. p. 381 (1880) ; id., ed. mime, 



Nests S)- Eqgs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 274 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersainml. 



p. 84 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 28 (1906). 



Eggs of Tickell's Flower-pecker are of a somewhat narrow 

 oval shape, and plain white, without gloss. They measure from 

 •57 to "61 in length, and from -4 to -41 in breadth. 



2. Sitapur, Oudh, 12th March (C. R. Hume Coll. 



Cock). , 



3. Maimbhuni, Bengal, February (B. Crowley Bequest. 



C Beavan: Tristram Coll.) 



Genus PARDALOTUS, VieiU. 



Pardalotus ornatus, Temm. 

 (Plate I. fig. 3.) 



Pardalotus striatus, Temm. ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 161 (1865). 

 Pardalotus ornatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 55 (1885) ; North, 



Nests ^- Bggs Austr. Birds, p. 384 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 84 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 440 (1901) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 29 (1906). 



The eggs of the Striated Diamond-bird vary from a narrow to a 

 broad oval or spherical shape, and exhibit a small amount of gloss. 

 They are plain white, and measure from '7 to 'To in length, and 

 from '5 to -6 in breadth. 



1. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



2. Wimmera District, "Victoria, 5th Crowley Bequest. 



September (A. J. No'-th). 



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

 2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



Pardalotus afiBnis, Oould. 



Pardalotus affinis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 163 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 57 (1885) ; North, Nests S,- Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 51 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 84 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 

 ^- Eqgs Austr. Birds, i. p. 443 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 29 

 (1906). 



Four eggs of the Yellow-tipped Diamond-bird are of a broad oval 



