8 DICHIDA. 
Eggs of the Scarlet-backed Flower-pecker are of a pointed oval 
shape, plain white and without any gloss. They vary from *d5 to 
-58 in length, and from *38 to *42 in breadth. 
1. Dibrugarh, Assam, 24th May (J. 2. Hume Coll. 
Cripps). 
2. Pegu, Ist April (2. W. Oates). Oates Coll. 
2. Pegu, 9th April (Z. W. O.). Oates Coll. 
1. Pegu, 28th March (#. W. O.). Crowley Bequest, 
Diceum nigrimentum, Salvad. 
Diceum nigrimentum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 17 (1885) ; zd., 
Hand-l. v. p. 21 (1906). 
Three eggs of the Black-chinned Flower-pecker are uniform 
white and of an elongate oval form. They measure from ‘53 to 
-58 in length, and from ‘39 to °4 in breadth. 
3. Singapore, 10th March (J. White- Crowley Bequest. 
head). 
Diceum hirundinaceum (Shaw). 
Diceum hirundinaceum, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 581 (1865) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 19 (1885); North, Nests § Eggs 
Austr. Birds, p. 236 (1889); Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, 
i. p. 487 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 22 (1906). 
The eggs of the Swallow Flower-pecker are of an elongate oval 
form, slightly glossy and plain white. They measure from °64 to 
-7 in length, and from ‘43 to ‘5 in breadth. 
6. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 
5. South Australia (G. F. Angas). Gould Coll. 
1. Victoria. Govt. of Victoria [P. ]. 
Diceum hematostictum, Sharpe. 
Diceeum hematostictum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 35 (1885); 
Ogilwte-Grant §& Whitehead, Ibis, 1896, p. 553 ; 1898, p. 243, pl. vi. 
fir. 2; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 25 (1906). 
An egg of the Blood-breasted Flower-pecker is of a regular oval 
shape, without any gloss. It is pale greenish-white, spotted and 
blotched with pale olive-brown and clouded with lilac-grey. The 
markings are chiefly confined to the larger end of the egg. It 
measures *65 by °49. 
1. Canloan Voleano, Central Negros, J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 
Philippine Islands, 19th March. 
Diczum trigonostigma (Scop.). 
Dicreum trigonostigma, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 343; td., Cat. Birds 
B. M. x. p. 38 (1885); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 84 (1899) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 26 (1906). 
