38 MELIPnAGID.53. 



C. albigularin, but, in some specimens, the fine markings are con- 

 centrated towards the larger end, and form an irregular zone or cap. 

 They measure from -7 to '75 in length, and from -5 to -53 in 

 breadth. 



20. North Queenslaud. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus CERTHIONYX, Less. 

 Certhionyx variegatus, Les^. 



Entomophila leucomelas, Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 220 (1884) ; 



Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p^ 380, pi. 13 (1901). 

 Certhionyx variegatus, Hharpe, Uand-l. v. p. 73(1906), 



Eggs of the Pied Honey-eater vary in shape, from a broad to a 

 pointed oval form, and are very slightly glossy. The ground-colour 

 is white or yellowish- white and the markings of dark brown, purplish- 

 brown, and lilac-grey take the form of numerous small spots and 

 blotches, which are distributed all over the surface of the shell. 

 They measure from -8 to -98 in length, and from -48 to -58 in breadth. 



24. Gascoyne Eiver, West Australia. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus MELIPHAGA, Lewin. 

 Meliphaga phrygia {Lath.). 



Meliphaga phrygia, Tliien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvi. tig. 9 (1845-54) ; 

 Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 527 (1865) ; Gadoiu, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. ix. p. 221 (1884) ; North, Nests ^- Eqqs Austr. Birds, p. 210, 

 pi. xii. fig. 8 (1889) ; Nehrh. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests .^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 381, pi. 14 (1901); Sharps, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 74 (1906). 



Xantliomvza plir^ygia, Ramsay, Trans. Phil. Sac. N. S. W. 1865, p. 319, 

 pi. i.fig. 3. ■ 



Eggs of the Warty-faced Honey-eater are of a very broad oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are of a rich salmon-butf 

 colour, speckled and spotted with purplish-red and underlying 

 lavender. The markings are rather dense at the broad end, but 

 sparse elsewhere. Four examples measure from '9 to I'O in length, 

 aud from '69 to "7 in breadth. 



2. New South Wales ( Wilson). Guiild Coll. 



Genus MELILESTES, Salvad. 



Melilestes poliopterus, Sharpe. 



(Plate II. fig. 21.) 



Melilestes pnlioptera, Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvi. pp. 318, 4-38 



(1882). 

 Arachuothera polinptera, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. Ill (1884). 

 Melilestes poliopterus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 75 (1906). 



