10 DICLID®. 
Three eggs of the Plain-coloured Flower-pecker are of a rather 
broad oval shape, pure white, and devoid of gloss. They measure 
from ‘52 to ‘58 in length, and from 42 to 46 in breadth. 
1. Margherita, Assam, 15th May. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 
2. Margherita, 15th August. E. ©. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 
Diceum erythrorhynchum (Zath.). 
Diceum minimum, Tick.; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 574 (1879). 
Diceeum erythrorhynchum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M.x. p. 48 (1885) ; 
Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 86 (1889) ; v. pl. (1890) ; 
Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 381 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, 
Nests §& Eggs Ind. Bir ds, ii. p. 274 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammi. 
p. 84 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 28 (1906). 
Eggs of Tickell’s Flower-pecker are of a somewhat narrow 
oval shape, and plain white, without gloss. They measure from 
*57 to ‘61 in length, and from °4 to ‘41 in breadth. 
2. Sitapur, Oudh, 12th March (C. R. Hume Coll. 
Cock). 
3. Maunbhum, Bengal, February (2. Crowley Bequest. 
C. Beavan: Tristram Coll.) 
Genus PARDALOTUS, Vveiil. 
Pardalotus ornatus, Temm. 
(Plate I. fig. 3.) 
Pardalotus striatus, Zemm.; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr.i. p. 161 (1865). 
Pardalotus ornatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p.55 (1885); North, 
Nests § Eggs Austr. Bir ds, p. 884 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Exersamml. 
p. 84 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 440 (1901) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 29 (1906). 
The eggs of the Striated Diamond-bird vary from a narrow to a 
broad oval or spherical shape, and exhibit a small amount of gloss. 
They are plain white, and measure from *7 to +75 in length, and 
from ‘5 to ‘6 in breadth. 
1. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 
2. Wimmera District, Victoria, 5th Crowley Bequest. 
September (A. J. North). 
3. South Australia (@. 2. Angas). Gould Coll. 
2. South Australia, Gould Coll. 
Pardalotus affinis, Gould. 
Pardalotus affinis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 163 (1865) ; Sharpe, 
Cat. Birds B. M.x. p. 57 (1885); North, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, 
p- 51 (1889); Nehkrk, Kat. Eiersammi. p. 84 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 
s Eggs Austr, Birds, i. p. 4453 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 29 
(1906). 
Four eggs of the Yellow-tipped Diamond-bird are of a broad oval 
