CINNYRIS. PAL 
zone round the larger end, consist of purplish-grey blotches and 
irregular dark-brown spots and scrolls. It measures -61 by ‘41. 
1. Witu, British East Africa Crowley Bequest. 
(Kutter Coll.). 
Cinnyris notatus (P. L. S. Miill.). 
Cinnyris notatus, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 195 (1876-80) ; Gadow, Cat. 
Birds B. M. ix. p. 54 (1884); Nehrk, Kat. Eiersamml. p.76 (1899) ; 
Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 89 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 44 (1906). 
An egg of the Madagascar Sun-bird has the ground-colour 
yellowish-white, indistinctly mottled all over with dull lilac-grey 
and darker yellowish-brown markings. It measures *8 by ‘00 
(approximately ). 
1. S.E. Madagascar, 4th December Crowley Bequest. 
(W. Deans Cowan), 
Cinnyris habessinicus (HH. § L.). 
(Plate I. fig. 5.) 
Cinnyris habessinicus, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 205 (1876-80); Gadow, 
Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 52 (1884); Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 46 
(1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l, v. p. 45 (1906). 
Eggs of the Abyssinian Sun-bird are of an oval or somewhat 
pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. The three eggs in the 
Collection are of two somewhat different types: two examples from 
El] Toki have the ground-colour pale blue, marked all over with 
minute but somewhat scattered dots of grey and reddish-brown ; 
in the other one, from Roseires, the ground-colour is pale greenish- 
white, indistinctly mottled all over with greyish and pale yellowish- 
brown. Two examples measure respectively °67 by -42 and 
‘75 by *5. 
1. Roseires, Blue Nile, September. Major H. N. Dunn [P.]. 
2. El Toki, Hawash Valley. Sir Alfred E. Pease, Bart. [P.]. 
Cinnyris erythrocerius (/eudgl.). 
Cinnyris erythrocerius, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 209 (1876-80); Gadow, 
Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 44 (1884); Shelley, Birds Afr. i. p. 49 
(1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p.45 (1906). 
Three eggs of Heuglin’s Wedge-tailed Sun-bird are of a rather 
pointed oval form, with little or no gloss; the ground-colour is 
generally pale greenish-white, more or less thickly blotched and 
mottled with pale grey and pale yellowish-brown. In one example 
the grey blotches are much larger, and large portions of the shell 
