42 MELIPHAGIDiE. 



Ptilotis sharpei, Eotlisch. Sf Ilartert. 



(Plate II. fig. 18.) 



Ptilotis analopra, NeJirk. [nee Reichenb.) Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81, pi. iii. 



%. 24 (1899). 

 Ptilotis arueusis sliarpei, Rothsch. Sf Ilartert, Nov. Zool. x. p. 442 (1903). 

 Ptilotis sharpei, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 80 (1906). 



An egg of Sharpe 's Honey-eater is indistinguishable from that of 

 P. analoga ; it measures '21 by -68. 



1. Fergusson Island, 12th December. Mr. A. S. Meek [C.]. 



Ptilotis fusca {Gould). 



Ptilotis fusca, Ramsay, Trans. Phil. Soc. N. S. W. 1865, p. 321, pi. i. 

 fig. 4; Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 520 (1865); Gadotv, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. ix. p. 229 (1884) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 206 (1889) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 

 ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 385 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 81 

 (1906). 



Eggs of the Fuscous Honey-eater are of a regular oval form and 

 somewhat glossy. They are of a rich pinkish-buff colour, spotted 

 all over, but rather sparingly, with pale pinkish-red and faint lilac. 

 They measure from '76 to '8 in length, and from '57 to "6 in 

 breadth. 



1. Dawson River, Queensland, Crowley Bequest. 



1.3th Aug. (North Coll.). 



2. New South ^^'ales [E. P. Ramsay). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 



Ptilotis chrysotis, Lath. 



Ptilotis lewinii, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 503 (1865) ; Ramsay, 



P. Z. S. 1875, p. 595 : Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 229 (1884) ; 



North, Nests i§- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 199, pi . xiii. fig. 1 (1889) ; 



Neh7-k. Eat. Eiersamtnl. p. 81 (1899) ; Catnpbell, Nests ^- Eggs Austr. 



Birds, i. p. 386, pi. 14 (1901). 

 Ptilotis chrysotis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 81 (1906). 



An egg of Lewin's Honey-eater is of a regular oval shape and 

 almost devoid of gloss. It is pinkish-white, spotted, chiefly at the 

 broad end, with deep purplish-brown and lilac. It measures I'O 

 by -73. 



1. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



Ptilotis provocator, Laym-d. 



(Plate II. fig. 2.) 



Ptilotis provocator, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 28 ; Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 ix. p. 230 (1884) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. V. p. 81 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Kandavu Honey-eater closely resemble that of 



