433 



Mimeta sagittata (/-«(!/(.). 

 (Plafe XIX. figs. 11 & 12.) 



Oriolns viridis, limmny, Ihix, 1803, p. 179; Sharpp, Cat. Binh B. M. 



iii. p. -IVl (1877) ; Nchrk. Kat. Eiermmml. p. 19 (1899) ; Campbell, 



Xesfs S,- i:f/(/s An^fr. Birds, i. p. 81, pi. 6 (1901). 

 ^riuieta viridis, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 462 (180-")) ; North, 



Xi'sts Sr Egr/s Birds Austr. p. 183 (1889). 

 Oriolns saprittatus, North, Nfists S; Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 7-> (1902). 

 Miiiipta sauittata, Shurpe, Hand-l. v. p. 55-') (1909) [part.]; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eier.samml. p. 3o3 (1910). 



The eggs of the Xew South Wales Oriole are of precisely the 

 same type as the single egg of M. Jluvocincta described above, but 

 are rather larger. In one specimen, however, the dark umber- 

 brown markings are entirely absent, and the shell is thickly 

 covered with spots, blotches, and clouds of yellowish-brown and 

 inky-purple. In all the examples the markings are vi-y numerous 

 :ind prominent at the broad end, where they form an irregular zoTie 

 or cap. They measure from 1'28 to l"3o in length, and from -91 

 to -^'y in breadth. 



Australia. 



New South Wales. 



Dobroyd, N. S. Wales. 



Victoria (J. Gonld : Trisfram 



Victoria, 2i)d Sept. {A. J. Nurt/i). 



Mctoria. 



Gippsland, Victoria. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 (Jould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Beque.st. 

 Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 

 F. A. Philbrick, Esq. [P.]. 



Mimeta affinis, Could. 

 (Plate XIX. figs. 13 & 14.) 



JMiiueta afliiiis, Crndd, Uaridh. Birds Austr. i. p. 4G-'i (186"j) ; North, 

 Nests V.V Eggs Birds Austr. p. 184, pi. xi. fig. 12 (1889). 



Oriolus affinis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 188 (footnote, 1877); 

 Itamsag, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vi. p. 576 (1881) ; Le Souef, Vict. 

 Nat. XVI. p. 62 (1899); Nchrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 19 (1899): 

 Cninpbcll. Nests (^- Eqqs Austr. Birds, i. p. 79 (1901) ; North, Nests 

 ^- Eggs Birds A ustr'. i. p. 78 (1902). 



Mimeta sagittata, Sharjje, Hand-l. v. p. Ooo (1909) [part.]. 



The eggs of the Xorth Australian Oriole vary much in size and 

 shape, some being of a broad oval, others much more elongate ; 

 ihey are fairly glossy. The ground varies from white to pale 

 creamy-white, marked all over, but not very thicklv, with 

 well-defined spots and sijccUs of dark umber-brown and underlying 

 dull lavender. They vary in length from 1-23 to 1 -42, and iu 



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