40 MELIPHAGID.-E. 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests S^ Eggs Austr. 



Birds, i. p. 374, pi. 13 (1901). 

 Glycipbila subocularis, Le Souef, Ibis, 1900, p. 463 ; Campbell, tom. cit. 



p. 375. 

 The eggs of the Brown Honey-eater are of a regular oval shape 

 and almost devoid of gloss. They vary from white to cream-colour, 

 and are very minutely speckled, almost entirely at the broad end, 

 with pale rufous. They measure from -62 to -7 in length, and from 

 •49 to -51 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Dawson Elver, Queensland. Crowley Bequest. 



14th September (North Coll.). 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus PTILOTIS, Swains. 



Ptilotis carunculata (Gmel.). 



(Plate II. fig. 3.) 



Ptilotis carunculata, Finsch ^ Hartl. Fauna Cenir.-Polgnes. p. 58, pi. i. 

 figs. 1 & 2 (1867) ; Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 438 ; Gadoto, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. ix. p. 225 (1884) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 79 (1906). 



Eggs of the Carunculated IIone3'-eater are ot a broad oval 

 form and moderately glossy. They are of a pinkish-white or 

 salmon-pink colour, spotted, chiefly at the broad end, with purplish- 

 red and very pale underlying lavender. A few very dark, almost 

 black, specks are sometimes found scattered over the shell. They 

 measure from -96 to 1*0 in length, and from -06 to -72 in breadth. 



5. Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



1. Samoa. Crowley Request. 



Ptilotis procerior, Finsch cj- Hartl. 



(Plate II. fig. 8.) 



Ptilotis caruncidata, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 225 (1884) [part.]. 

 Ptilotis procerior, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 28, 431 ; Wiglesw. Abh. Mus. 

 Dresden, 1890-91, No. 6, p. 34 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 79 (190G). 



Eggs of Einsch's Carunculated Honey-eater are usually of a 

 broad regular oval form : one example in the Collection is, however, 

 longer and more pointed ; the ground-colour is white, or pinkish- 

 white ; the markings are most numerous towards the larger end 

 and form a zone of spots which are purplish-red and pale lilac. They 

 measure from -94 to 1"0 in length, and from -Go to '72 in breadth. 



4. Ovalau, Fiji (E. L. Layard: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristrain Coll.). 

 4. Ovalau (E. L. L. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



