GLTCIPHILA.— CONOPOPHILA, 37 



. The eggs of the White-fronted Honey-eater do not appear to be 

 m any way separable from those of MeUtJireptes albigularis, described 

 above. They measure from -77 to -88 in length, and from -58 to -(i 

 in breadth. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



7. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



Glyciphila modesta, Gi-ay. 



Glyciphila subfasciata, Ramsai/, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 385. 



Glyciphila modesta, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 215 (1884) • Metier 

 Zeitschv. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 288, taf xviii. figs. 7 & 8 ; North, Neds & 

 Efjgs Austr. Birds, pp. 198, 389, pi. xiii. fig. 10 (18SQ)-, Nehrk 

 Kat. Eiersajmnl. p. 81 (1899) ; Bobinson 8f Laverock, Ibis, 1900 

 p. 634; Campbell, Nests Sf Eygs Austr. Birds, i. p. 376 pi 1-3 

 (1901) ; Skarpe, Band-l. v. p. 72 (1906). 



Ten eggs of the Erown-backed Honey-eater are of a rather narrow 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. They are white, sparingly marked 

 with minute, but very sharply defined specks of black. They 

 measure from -7 to -78 in length, and from -5 to -55 in breadth. 



2. Fergusson Island, British New C. A. Barnard, Esa TP 1 

 Guinea, 12th Oct. ' ^' ^ '^' 



2. Herbert River, Queensland. S. Boyd, Esq [P ] 



2. Herbert River. S. Boyd, Esq.' [P.l " 



2. Herbert River, 10th Dec. {North Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Aru Islands (Nchrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CONOPOPHILA, Reichenb. 



Conopophila albigularis (Gould). 



(Plate II. fig. 14.) 



Conopophila albigiilaiis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p 532 (1865) • 

 -S'/w/V^e, IfrmZ-/. V. p. 73 (1906). " 



Entomophila albigularis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 219 (1884) ; 

 Campbell, Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 370 (1901). 



An egg of the W^hite-throated Honey-eater is of a regular oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss. It is dull white, profusely speckled all 

 over the shell with reddish-brown and lavender. It measures -73 

 by -51. 



1. Port Essington, Australia, Gould Coll. 



5th Dec. ( Wilson). 



Conopophila rufi^laris, Gould. 



Entomophila rufigularis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 219 (1884) • 

 Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 378, pi. 13 (1901). ' 



Conopophila rufigularis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p 5,33 dSOjl • 

 SAarpe, Rand-l. v. p. 73 (1906). 



Eggs of the Iled-throated Honey-eater are similar to those of 



