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type (see fig. 16), being of a short blunt oval form and somewhat 

 glossy. The ground-colour is of a light brick- colour, and the 

 markings of light red and lilac are mostly confined to the large end. 

 Both eggs measure "95 by -7. 



2. North Australia, 1 9th & aOth July. 

 2. Port Essington, North AustraUa. 



T. Carter, Esq. [C.J. 

 Gould CoU. 



Genus ACANTHOCH.ffiRA, Vi^. ^ Horsf. 

 Acanthochsera carunculata (Lath.). 



Anthocha?ra carunculata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 538. 

 Acanthochgera carunculata, Gado2v, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 263 (1884) ; 



Aorth, A^ests ^- Eygs Austr. Birds, p. 215, pi. xii. fig. 5 (1889) ; 



Nehrk. Eat. EiersammL p. 83 (1899) ; Cmnpbell, Nests ^ Eggs 



Austr. Birds, i. p. 423, pi. 14 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 89 



(1906). 



The eggs of the Eed-wattled Honey-eater are of a regular oval 

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

 spotted and blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with chestnut or deep 

 purplish-red and underlying lavender. The markings often form a 

 zone or small irregular cap at the broad end. Specimens measure 

 from 1-15 to 1-3 in length, and from -83 to '92 in breadth. 



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