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Two eggs of the Sanguineous Honey-eater are of a blunt oval 

 shape and modci'ately glossy. The}' are white, marked round the 

 broad end with a well-defined zone of chestnut-brown and lavender 

 spots and small blotches. One specimen is also marked with a 

 few blackish specks on or near the zone. They measure respec- 

 tively : '57 by '45 ; "09 by •47. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



Myzomela nigra, Ooukl. 



Meliphaga nigra, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Viig. tab. xvi. fig. 1 (1845-54). 

 Myzomela nigra, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 558 (1865); Gadotu, 



Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 138 (1884) ; Ramsai/, Proc. Linn. Soc. 



N. S. W. (2) i. p. 1161 (1886) ; North, Nests S,- Eyys Austr. Birds, 



p. 223 (1889); Campbell, Nests 8,- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 354 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 68 (190G). 



The eggs of the Black Honey-eater are of an oval shape and 

 nearly devoid of gloss. They are yellowish-buff, marked round 

 the broad end with a broad indistinct zone of more or less confluent 

 specks of pale brownish-buff. Four examples measure respectively : 

 •55 by -47 ; -58 by -46 ; -63 by -46 ; -63 by -47. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



Myzomela obscura, Gould. 



Myzomela obscura, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 659 (1865) ; Gaduto, 

 Cat. Birds B. 31. ix. p. 1-J3 (1884) ; Campbell, Nests S,- Eqgs Austr. 

 Birds, i. p. 356, pi. 13 (1901); Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, p. 64; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 70 (1906). 



An egg of the Dusky Honey-eater closely resembles that of 

 M. rubratra both in form and markings. It measures "7 by '52. 



1. Prince of Wales Island, Torres Earl of Crawford [P.]. 



Straits {M. J. Nicoll). 



Genus ACANTHORHYNCHUS, Gould. 

 Acanthorliynclius tenuirostris (Lath.). 



Acauthorhynchus tenuirostris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 551 

 (1865) ; Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. 31. ix. p. 144 (1884) ; North, Nests 

 4- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 220, pi. xii. tig. 20 (1889) ; Nehrk. Eat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 79 (1899); Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 

 p. 358 (1901) ; SharjK-, Hand-l. v. p. 71 (1906). 



The eggs of the Spine-bill are of a pointed oval form and slightly 

 glossy. They are cream-colour or pale creamy-buff, marked, almost 

 entirely at the broad end, with spots and small blotches, which 

 in some specimens are entirely pale chestnut, and in others rich 

 purplish-red and lavender. They measure from "7 to -76 iu length, 

 and from -51 to -53 in breadth. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Rosoville, N.S.W., 17th November. A. J. North, Esq. [P.]. 



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