PTTLOTrS. PTILOPEORA. 4 1 



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



[P.]. 



2. South Australia {G. F. Avr/as). Gould Coll. 



3. South Australia (G. J'', yl.). Gould Coll. 



Ptilotis leilavalensis, North. 



Ptilotis leilavalensis, North, Itec. Anstr. Mus. iii. p. 106 (1899) ; Campbell, 

 Nests 4" E</(/s Austr. Birds, i. p. 405 (1901) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. v. 

 p. 84 (1906). 



Eggs of Carter's Honey-eater vary from a perfect elliptical form 

 to a slightly elongate oval shape and are very slightly glossed ; the 

 ground-colour is white or pinkish-white, finely and sparingly spotted 

 with deep purplish-brown, reddish-brown, and lilac, the markings 

 being mostly confined to the larger end of the shell. They measure 

 from '76 to "83 in length, and from -57 to '64: in breadth. 



3. Queensland, 2.5th August. T. Carter, Esq. [CI. 



2. Queensland, 21st July. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus XANTHOTIS, BeicJienb. 



Xanthotis lessoni, Sharpe. 



(Plate II. fig. 6.) 



Ptilotis chrysotls, Gadow [nee Lath.), Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 238 



(1884). 

 Xanthotis chrysotis, Gould, Birds Neiu Guinea, iii. pi. 51 (1886). 

 Xautliotis lessoni, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 85 (1906). 



Three eggs of the Golden-eared Honey-eater taken by Mr. Weiske 

 in New Guinea are of an ordinary oval shape and devoid of all 

 gloss. They are somewhat Pitta-like ia general appearance, being 

 white, rather densely speckled, spotted, and, here and there, blotched 

 with very deep blackish-brown or black and purplish-grey. They 

 measure respectively : -98 by "71 ; 1 by '73 ; 1 by "71. 



3. S.E. New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [CI. 



Genus PTILOPEORA, De Vis. 



Ptiloprora guisei, De Vis. 



(Plate II. fig. 22.) 



Ptiloprora guisei, De J'is. Rep. New Guinea, 1893-94, App. EE, p. 103 

 (1894) ; Sharpe Hand-l. v. p. 86 (1906). 



An egg of De Vis' Honey-eater is of a rathf - long blunt oval 

 form and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is white, 

 with small, thinly distributed spots of deep purple-biown, purplish- 

 red, and lavender, most numerous towards the larger end, several of 

 the larger markings have blurred edges. It measures "87 by -6. 



1. South-east New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [C]. 



