DICLUM. 9 
An egg of the Orange-bellied Flower-pecker sent by Sir Hugh 
Low is of a pointed oval shape and devoid of gloss. It is pale 
greenish-white, rather thickly speckled and spotted, especially at 
the broad end, with umber-brown and dull purplish-grey. It 
measures *62 by °42. 
1. Labuan Island, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 
Dicwum cinereigulare, 7’weedd. 
(Plate I. fig. 2.) 
Diceeum cinereigulare, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 40 (1885); Ogzlvie- 
Grant & Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 243; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 
p. 84 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 27 (1906). 
The eggs of the Grey-throated Flower-pecker are of a pointed 
oval shape, slightly glossy and plain white. They measure from 
‘59 to °62 in length, and from 42 to ‘45 in breadth. 
2. Samar, Philippine Islands, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 
2. Samar, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. et 
2. Samar, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. | C. ]. 
1. Samar, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. | C. |. 
Diceum chrysorrheum, Z'emm. 
Diceeum chrysorrheeum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 44 (1885); 
Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 378 (1890) ; Baker, Ibis, 1896, 
p: 348; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 27 (1906). 
Eggs of the Yellow-vented Flower-pecker are of a long oval 
shape, and dull white, devoid of gloss. They measure °6 in length, 
and from ‘41 to -42 in breadth. 
2. Margherita, Assam, 15th June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 
Diczeeum concolor, Jerdon. 
Diceum concolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 45 (1885) ; Oates, 
Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 8379 (1890) ; zd., ed. Hume, Nests § 
Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 272 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 28 (1906). 
The eggs of the Nilghiri Flower-pecker are elongate ovals, 
entirely devoid of gloss, and plain white. The average measure- 
ment of four examples is ‘64 by -43. 
1. Nilghiri Hills, S. India, 19th Jan. Hume Coll. 
2. Nilghiri Hills, April. Hume Coll. 
1. Nilghiri Hills, May. Hume Coll. 
Diceum olivaceum, Walden. 
Diczeum inornatum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 45 (1885). 
Diczeum olivaceum, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ti. p. 880 (1890) ; 
Baker, Ibis, 1896, p. 349; Sharpe, Hand-l, v. p. 28 (1906). 
