CINNTEIS. 23 



Cinnyris leucogaster, Vieill. 

 (Plate I. fig. 16.) 



Cinnyris talatala, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 318 (1875-84) ; 



'Skelleij, Monot/r. Kect. p. 229 (187G-80). 

 Cinnyris leucogaster, Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 40 (1884) ; Shelley, 



Birds Afr. ii. p. 58 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 46 (1906). 



An egg, said to be that of the South-African White-breasted 

 Sun-bird, is of a regular oval shape aud devoid of gloss. It is pale 

 greenish-grey, spotted with blackish-brown and lavender-grey. The 

 markings are all small and distinct, but the edges of many of them 

 are blurred and run into the surrounding ground-colour. This 

 specimen measures -75 by '5. 



1. Natal. Dr. Gueiuzius [C.]. 



Cinnyris souimanga (GmeL). 



Nectarinia souimanga, U. Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 342, pi. xiii. fig. 1 ; 



Milite-Edtcnrds S)- Graudidier, Hist. Nat. Maday., Ois. i. p. 277, 



pi. 302. lig. 10 (1879); Coivan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. 



p. 148 (1882). 

 Cinnyris souimanga, Shelley, Monof/r. Nect. p. 245 (1876-80); Gadow, 



'Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 43 (1884) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. (38 



(1900) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. v. p. 48 (1906). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Buff-breasted Sun-bird resemble 

 those of Arachnechthra asiatica so closely that they require no 

 separate description. Eight examples measure from "SO to -Bo in 

 length, and from -41 to -49 in breadth. 



2. Madagascar {e.v Derby 3Itis. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Madagascar (E. Newton : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tratn Coll.). 



3. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 

 3. Betsileo. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 

 1. Betsileo. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.I. 

 1. Betsileo. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.j. 



Cinnyris afer (Linn.). 



Cinnyris afer, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 313 (1875-84) ; 



Shelley, Monoyr. Nect. p. 249 (1876-80) ; id., Birds Afr. ii. p. 72 



(1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 48 (1906). 

 Cinnyris afra, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 35 (1884) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 76 (li;599). 



An egg of the Greater Double-collared Sun-bird is of a broad 

 oval shape and almost devoid of gloss. It is of a olive-grey colour, 

 very densely mottled all over with dark greyish-brown. It measures 

 •6 by -49. 



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



