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and spotted with purplish-brown and purplish-grey, the blotches 

 being more or less concentrated in an ii'rcgular zone round the 

 larger end. It measures '8 in length by "57 in breadth. 



1. Soiith-east New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [0.]. 



1. South-east New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [C.]. 



Family NECTARINIIDtE. 



Genus HEDYDIPNA, Cab. 



Hedydipna metallica (Licht.). 



(Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Nectarinia metallica, Gmhw, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 8 (1884) ; Kuschel, 



J.f. O. 1895, p. 346. 

 Hedydipna metallica., ShelleAj, Mo7iof/r. Ned. p. .3 (1876-80); id., Birds 



Afr. ii. p. 15 (1900) ; Sharjie, Hand-l. v. p. 34 (1906). 



An egg of the Blue-collared Long-tailed Sun-bird is of a long 

 oval shape and slightly glossy ; it is pure white, with a few 

 irregular scrolls and dashes of dull purplish-red, congregated near 

 the larger end. It measures '59 by ■48. 



1. Khartum, March. Major H. M. Dunn [P.]. 



Genus NECTARINIA, Illiger. 



Nectarinia famosa {Linn.). 



(Plate I. fig. 17.) 



Nectarinia famosa, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 13 (1876-80) ; Sharpie, ed. 

 Bayard's Birds S. Africa, p. 306 (1875-84) : Gadow, Cut. Birds 

 B. M. ix. p. 5 (1884)'; Kuschel, J.f. 0. 1895, p. 346; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 75 (1899); Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, \. p. 276 

 (1900) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 19 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 35(1906). 



The eggs of the Malachite Sun-bird are of an oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. They are greyish-brown, blotched all over 

 with dark brown or olive-brown. In some examples, however, 

 the markings are very fine and indistinct, and not much darker 

 than the ground-colour of the egg. They measure '71 to -76 in 

 length, by -5 to -52 in breadth. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Ca^q Colony {T. Atmore : Tristram Crowley Hen uest. 



Coll.). 

 2. Otjimbiuque, Damaraland, April Crowley Bequest. 



(C J. Andersson : 2'ristram Coll.). 



