CINNYRIS. ey 
Cinnyris leucogaster, Viecll. 
(Plate I. fig. 16.) 
Cinnyris talatala, Sharpe, ed. Pas Birds 8. Africa, p. 318 (1875-84) ; 
Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 229 (1876-80). 
Cinnyris leucogaster, Gadow, Cat, Birds B. M. ix. p. 40 (1884) ; Shelley, 
Birds Afr. i. p. 58 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l, v. p. 46 (1906). 
An egg, said to be that of the South-African White-breasted 
Sun-bird, is of a regular oval shape and devoid of gloss. It is pale 
greenish-grey, spotted with blackish-brown and lavender-grey. ‘The 
markings are all small and distinct, but the edges of many of them 
are blurred and run into the surrounding ground-colour. This 
specimen measures *75 by *5. 
1. Natal. Dr, Gueinzius [C.]. 
Cinnyris souimanga (G'mel.). 
Nectarinia souimanga, EF. Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 342, pl. xiii. fig. 1 5 
Milne-Edwards § Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ows. 1. p. 277, 
pl. 802. fig. 10 (1879); Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb, vii. 
p. 148 (1882). 
Cinnyris souimanga, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 245 (1876-80); Gadow, 
Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 43 (1884); Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 68 
(1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 48 (1906). 
The eggs of the Madagascar Buff-breasted Sun-bird resemble 
those of Arachnechthra asiatica so closely that they require no 
separate description. Eight examples measure from 59 to °65 in 
length, and from °41 to 49 in breadth, 
2. Madagascar (ex Derby Mus.: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
2. Madagascar (£. Newton: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 
tram Coll.). 
3. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 
5. Betsileo. Rev. W. Deans Cowan |: 
1. Betsileo. Rey. W. Deans Cowan | P. | 
1. Betsileo. Rev. W. Deans Cowan tp P| 
Cinnyris afer (Linn.). 
Cinnyris afer, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 313 (1875-84) ; 
Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 249 (1876-80) ; id., Bards Afr. i. p. 72 
(1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 48 (1906). 
Cinnyris afra, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 55 (1884); Nehrk. Kat. 
Eiersammi. p. 76 (1899). 
An egg of the Greater Double-collared Sun-bird is of a broad 
oval shape and almost devoid of gloss. It is of a olive-grey colour, 
very densely mottled all over with dark greyish-brown. It measures 
-6 by “49. 
1. South Africa. K, L. Layard, Esq. [P-]. 
