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NECTARINIID.^. 



Sind (H. Gould). 



Hansi, Punjab, April. 



Hnnsi, 16th' April. 



Ilansi, 18tli April. 



Ilausi, 20tli April. 



Hansi, J uly. 



Gurgaon Uistrict, 23rd April. 



North-west Provinces. 



Agi-a, 18th June. 



Luc-know, 16th May. 



Mirzapur, 5th June'( W. E. Broohs : 



Tristrnjn Oill. ). 

 Mirzapur, 14th March ( W. E. B. : 



Trishrim Coll.). 

 Jhausi, Aug. (F. R. Blewitt). 

 Maunbhum, 29th March (R. C. 



Beavan: Tristram Coll.). 

 Maunbhum, 5th April {R. C. B. : 



Tristram Coll.). 

 Kaipiir, C. Provs. {F. R. B.). 

 CooDoor, Nilghiri Hills, 20th Feb. 

 Kotaglierrv, Nilghiri Hills, 14th 



April [Miss Cockhurn). 

 Kullar, Nilghiii Hills, 5th Feb. 

 Tipperah ( V. Irwin). 



Gould Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Araclinechthra lotenia (Linn.). 



Ciunyris lotenius, Shelley, Monogr. A\'cf. p. 177 (1876-80) ; Leyge, B. 



'Ceylon, p. 563 (1879) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 60 (1884). 

 Arachnechthra lotenia, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 858 (1890) ; 



id., ed. Hume, Nests <§• Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 251 (1890) ; Sharpe, 



B.and-1. v. p. 41 (1906). 



An egg of Loten's Sun-bird is of a somewhat elongate, rather 

 pointed oval shape, and has very little gloss : the ground-colour is 

 white, finely dotted and mottled all over with pale umber-brown, 

 the markings being rather more concentrated towards the larger 

 end so as to form an indistinct zone. It measures "69 by '48. 



1. 



Lunuffala, Ceylon, 3rd May {A. L. 

 Butler). 



Crowley Bequest. 



Genus LEPTOCOMA, Cah. 

 Leptocoma minima (Syl-es). 



Clnnyris minimus, Shelley, Monogr. Xect. p. 143 (1876-80) ; Legge, B. 



Ceylon, p. 572 (1879). 

 Cinnyris minima, Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 62 (1884) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 77 (1899). 

 Arachnechthra minima, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 363 



(1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests S,- Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 262 (1890). 

 Leptocoraa minima, Shuri-e, Hand-l. v. p. 41 (1906). 



An egg of the Tiny Sun-bird in the Collection closely resembles 



