44 MELIPHAGIDiE. 



2. New South Wales ( JVilson). Gould Coll. 



2. NewSoutliWales(£. P.i?«wwrt?/). Gould OolL 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



3. Dobroyd, N. S. Wales, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(E. P.R.: Tristram Coll.). 



1. Roseville, N. S. Wales, 24th Sept. A. J. North, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 

 3. Melbourne, Victoria. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Yandembah, Victoria, Oct. (A. J. Crowley Bequest. 



North). 

 2. Hastings, Victoria, 23rd Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. N.). 



Ptilotis flavicollis, Vieill. 



Ptilotis flavigula, Govld, ?I(mdb. Birds Austr. i. p. 508 (I860). 



Ptilotis flavigularis, Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 239 (1884) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Biersamtnl. p. 82 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, 



i. p. 394 (1901). 

 Ptilotis flavicollis, North, Nests Sj- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 201, pi. xii. 



fig. 13 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 82 (1906). 



Four eggs of the Yellow-throated Honey-eater are almost 

 elliptical in shape and very slightly glossy. They are pinkish-white, 

 speckled, chiefly at the broader end, with purplish-red and lavender. 

 They measure from -9 to -03 in length, and from -69 to -7 in breadth. 

 Two eggs, of a more pointed oval form, measure 'OS in length, and 

 from -Q-^ to 'Go in breadth. 



2. Tasmania, 4th Dec. Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania, Aug. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Tasmania. Crowley Bequest. 



Ptilotis leucotis {Lath.). 



Ptilotis leucotis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 510 (1865) ; Gadoir, 

 Cat. Birds. B.M. ix. p. 240 (1884); North, Nests S,- Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 201, pi. xiii. fig. 5 (1881?) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamrnl. p. 82 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests c^ JEggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 396 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 82 (1906). 



The eggs of the White-eared Hone3'-eater are of a very broad 

 oval or spheroidal shape and slightly glossy. They are cream- 

 coloured, delicately spotted, chiefly at the broad end, with purplish- 

 brown and lavender. They measure from '8 to '88 in length, and 

 from '65 to "68 in breadth. 



2. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 



1. Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Oct. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.O. 



[P.]. 



3. Western Port, Victoria. Crowley Bequest. 



