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Acanthochaera inauris (Gould). 



(Plate III. fig. 14.) 



Authochsera inauris, Gvii/d, Handb. Birds Aiistr. i. p. 536 (1865). 

 Acantliochffira inauris, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 263 (1884) ; North, 



Nests Sf Eggs Auslr. Birds, p. 214 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 83 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eqgs Austr. Birds, i. p. 425 



(1901) ; Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 89 (190(i)': 



The eggs of the Yellow-wattled Hone)--eater do not appear to be 

 separable from those of A. caruncuJata. They measure from 1'22 

 to 1*4 in length, and from "89 to "95 in breadth. 



1. Tasmania. _ Gould Coll. 

 3. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ANELLOBIA, Cab. 

 Anellobia chrysoptera (Lath.). 



Meliphaga mellivora, Thien. Fortpfianz. yes. Viig. tab. xvi. fig. 11 



(1845-54). 

 Anellobia mellivora. Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 541 (1865) ; North, 



Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 216, pi. xii. tig. 6 (1889). 

 Acanthoc-bicra' mellivora, Gadoxo, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 264 (1884) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 83 (1899) ; Camp>bell, Nests ^ Eggs 



Aitsir. Birds, i. p. 425 (1901). 

 Anellobia chrysoptera, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 90 (1900). 



The eggs of the Brush Wattle-bird are smaller than those of 

 A. carunculata, but otherwise resemble them. They measure from 

 1-05 to 1-17 in length, and from -74 to -77 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. South Australia (G. F. Angas). Gould Coll. 



2. Inlanders, Western Pt., Victoria, Crowley Bequest. 



11th November {A. J. North). 



1. Dobroyd, N. S. Wales, October Crowley Bequest. 



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



2. Tasmania. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ACANTHOGENTS, Gould. 

 Acanthogenys rufigularis, Gould. 



Acanthogenvs rufogularLs, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 534 (1865) ; 



North, 'Nests 4' Eggs Amtr. Birds, p. 213, pi. xii. fig. 10 (1889) ; 



Campbell, Nests ^- Egc/s Austr. Birds, i. p. 427, pi. 15 (1901) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 90 (1906). 

 Acanthochffira rufigularis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 265 (1884) ;, 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 83 (1899). 



