2i2 Messrs. W. R. Ogilvie Grant and J. Whitehead on the 



The nest is a well- woven bag-shaped structure, with a 

 roofed entrance at the side. It is principally constructed of 

 fine grass, rootlets, palm-fibre, and fragments of dead leaves 

 woven together with spiders' webs and lined with fine dead 

 grass-tops and seeds. 



The nest found by Professor Steere was suspended from a 

 root under the overhanging bank of a river, and looked like 

 a tuft of rubbish left by high water. 



21. JjIthopyga BELLA Twecdd. White-bellied Sun-bird. 

 (Plate V. fig. 10.) 



A. Clutch of 3 fresh eggs. Near Paranos, Samar, 19th July, 

 1895. J. Whitehead. 



Shape ovate. Ground-colour pale pinkish white, a heavily- 

 marked irregular zone of dull red towards the larger end, 

 and some scattered spots and blotches of the same colour 

 over the rest of the shell, with here and there underlying 

 brown markings. Measurements 14 mm. X 10 mm. 



The nest built by this Sun-bird differs considerably from 

 that made by ^. magnifica, being a long bag-shaped pocket, 

 with a loose dangling tail of dead leaves. The entrance is 

 at the side and roofed over, in fact very much like that con- 

 structed by the difi'erent species of Cinnyris. This nest was 

 found dangling to a bramble in an old native clearing some 

 distance from the forest. The female was obtained after 

 much difficulty. 



22. EuDREPANis puLCHERiiiMA (Sharpc). Short-tailed 

 Yellow-rumped Sun-bird. 



A. Clutch of 3 slightly incubated eggs. Near Paranos, 

 Samar, 26th June, 1896. J. Whitehead. 



Shape ovate. Ground-colour dull pink, rather thickly 

 mottled all over with pinkish grey, especially towards the 

 larger end, the markings forming a rather distinct zone 

 round the pole. The over-markings are small rounded spots 

 and dots of deep vandyke-brown. Measurements 15 ram. 

 X 12 mm. 



Nest attached to the underside of a climbing fern about 8 

 feet from the ground. 



