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and spotted with purplish-brown and purplish-grey, the blotches 
being more or less concentrated in an irregular zone round the 
larger end. It measures ‘8 in length by °57 in breadth. 
1. South-east New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [C.]. 
1. South-east New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [C. }. 
Family NECTARINIID. 
Genus HEDYDIPNA, Cab. 
Hedydipna metallica (Licht). 
(Plate I. fig. 4.) 
Nectarinia metallica, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 8 (1884); Kuschel, 
J. f. O. 1895, p. 346. 
Hedydipna metallica, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 3 (1876-80); td., Birds 
Afr, ii. p. 15 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 84 (1906). 
An egg of the Blue-collared Long-tailed Sun-bird is of a long 
oval shape and slightly glossy; it is pure white, with a few 
irregular scrolls and dashes of dull purplish-red, congregated near 
the larger end. It measures °59 by 48. 
1. Khartum, March. Major H. M. Dunn [P.]. 
Genus NECTARINIA, Jliger. 
Nectarinia famosa (Linn.). 
(Plate TE. fig. 1:7.) 
Nectarinia famosa, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 15 (1876-80); Sharpe, ed. 
Layard’s Birds S. Africa, p. 306 (1875-84): Gadow, Cat. Birds 
B. M. ix. p. 5 (1884) ; Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 346; Nehrk. Kat. 
Fiersamml. p. 75 (1899); Stark, Faun. 8S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 276 
(1900) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 19 (1900); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p- 35 (1906). 
The eggs of the Malachite Sun-bird are of an oval shape and 
moderately glossy. They are greyish-brown, blotched all over 
with dark brown or olive-brown. In some examples, however, 
the markings are very fine and indistinct, and not much darker 
than the ground-colour of the egg. They measure °71 to -76 in 
length, by ‘5 to ‘52 in breadth. 
2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 
2. Cape Colony (7. Atmore: Tristram Crowley Bequest, 
Coll. ). 
2. Otjimbinque, Damaraland, April Crowley Bequest. 
(C. J. Andersson: Tristram Coll.). 
