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2. Somerset, N. Queensland, 5th Jan. 0. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Somerset. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Bo wen Downs, Queensland. Crowley Bequest. 



Cyrtostomv.s aurora, Tweecllale. 



Cinnyris aurora, Shelley, Monoqr. Kect. p. 149 (1876-80) ; Gadow, Cat. 



'Birds B. M. ix. p."88 (1884). 

 Cyrtostomus aurora, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 57 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Philippine Yellow-breasted Sun-bird are of a 

 rather wide oval shape, slightly pointed and almost devoid of gloss. 

 The ground-colour is greenish-white, mottled with lavender-grey, 

 with scattered spots and marks of dark brown, and with long irregular 

 hair-lines of the same colour traversing the cap. Two examjDles 

 measure respectively '65 by '48 and "62 by •45. 



2. Taguso, Palawan, 29th June Crowley Bequest. 



(J. Whitehead). 



Cyrtostomus pectoralis (Eorsf.). 



Cinnyris pectoralis, Shellei/, 3Ionoi/r. Xect. p. 165 (1876-80) ; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 341 ■, Gadoio', Cat. Birds B. 31. ix. p. 88 (1884) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 361 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, 

 Kests ^- Eqgs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 259 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 78(1899). 



Cyrtostomus pectoralis, Sharpe, Ea?id-l. v. p. 57 (1906). 



The eggs of the Malayan Yellow-breasted Sun-bird are extremely 

 variable. They range from a narrow to a broad oval form and are 

 without gloss. In some specimens the ground-colour is nearly 

 pure white, in others greyish-white, pale greenish-grey, or brownish- 

 white. Some eggs are densely mottled all over with brown and 

 underlying lavender ; others are blotched and clouded with pale 

 purplish-brown and lilac-grey ; others again are marked with -well- 

 defined spots and blotches of purplish-grey and dark brown. Many 

 specimens exhibit a large cap of confluent markings at the broad 

 end, others are evenly marked all over. Many eggs, like those of 

 C. flammaxillaris, are sparingly spotted with dark purplish- or 

 chocolate-brown. Specimens measure from "57 to "7 in length, and 

 from -41 to -48 in breadth. 



42. Labuan I., Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



1. Labuan I. Crowley Bequest. 



Cyrtostomus zenobia {Less.). 



Cinnvris zenobia, Shelley/, Monoqr. Nect. p. 173 (1876-80) ; Gadow, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. ix. p. 90 (1884) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 78 (1899). 

 Cyrtostomus zenobia, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 57 (1906). 



An egg of the Black-breasted Sun-bird is of a broad, somewhat 

 pointed oval shape, and is slightly glossy. The ground-colour is 



