52 MELIPHAGIDiE. 



Manorliina p^arrula, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 260 (1884) ; Nehrh. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 82 (1899). 

 Myzaiitha (Manorhina) garrula, Campbell, Nests Sf E(jqs Aiistr. Birds, i. 



p. 420, pi. 14 (1901). 



The egp;s of the Garrulous Honey-eater vary iu shape from 

 narrow to broad oval and they are slightly glossy. They are cream- 

 coloured, profusely spotted and blotched with rich chestnut and 

 pivrplish-grey. The disposition of the markings varies considerably. 

 On some specimens they are large and crowded together over 

 the broader half, where they form a dense cap ; on others, they 

 are smaller and pretty evenly distributed over the entire shell. 

 Examples measure from '95 to 1*22 in length, and from '71 to "82 in 

 breadth. 



4. Australia. " W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Dobroyd, New South Wales (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Ramsay : Tristram Coll.). 



3. Macqiiarie Fields, N.S.W., October Crowley Bequest. 



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

 3. Bogan River, N.S.W., 18th Sep- Crowley Bequest, 



tember {A. J. North). 



2. Victoria. Gould Collection. 



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



[P.]. 



3. Oakleigh, Victoria, November. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



3. Hastings, Western Point, \ ictoria, Crowley Bequest. 



19th November {A. J. N.) 



4. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



4. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 

 3. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 

 3. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 

 2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 

 2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



Myzantha obscura, Gould. 



Myzantha obscura, Gould, Handb. Birds Avstr. i. p. 576 (1866) ; North, 



Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 230 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 89 



(1906). 

 Manorhina obscura, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. is. p. 260 (1884) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 82 (1899). 

 Myzantha (Manorhina) obscm-a, Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 421, pi. 14 (1901). 



The eggs of the Sombre Honey-eater are of a rather broad oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are of a rich salmon-pink colour, 

 blotched and clouded with pale purplish-red and grey. They measure 

 from -92 to 1"06 in length, and from "74 to '78 in breadth. 



