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from white or pinkish-white to pinkish-grey, and they are elegantly 
marked all over with clouds and smears of underlying lavender- 
grey, and specks, spots, hieroglyphies, and fine hair-lines of purplish- 
brown or black, similar to those found on the eggs of many of the 
Buntings. Specimens measure from ‘65 to *76 in length, and from 
49 to *53 in breadth. 
18. Labuan I., Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 
2. Labuan I. (Sir H. Low: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coil.). 
]. Labuan I. Crowley Bequest. 
2. Labuan I., 27th May (J. Whitehead). Crowley Bequest. 
Genus CHALCOPARIA, Cab. 
Chalcoparia phenicotis (7emm.). 
(Plate I. fig. 11.) 
Anthreptes phcenicotis, Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 325 (1876-80). 
Anthothreptes pheenicotis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B, M. ix. p. 121 (1884). 
Chalcoparia phcenicotis, Oates, Fuuna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 373 
(1890) ; 2d., ed. Hume, Nests § Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 269 (1890) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 63 (1906). 
The eggs of the Ruby-cheeked Sun-bird are of a blunt oval shape 
and without gloss. ‘They are dull white or pale cream-colour, very 
densely mottled all over with lilac-grey, to such an extent in some 
specimens that very little of the ground-colour is visible. In 
some eggs there is a tendency for the markings to form a zone 
round the broad end. Seven examples measure from *65 to °7 in 
length, and from 44 to ‘49 in breadth. 
2. Pegu, 15th March (£. W. Oates). Oates Coll. 
1. Pegu, 6th July (Z. W. O.). Hume Coll, 
2. Pegu, Aug. (£. W. O.). Hume Coll. 
2. Pegu, 27th Aug. (Z. W. O.). Crowley Bequest. 
Family MELIPHAGID. 
Genus MELITHREPTES, Veil. 
Melithreptes atricapillus (Zath.). 
Melithreptus lunulatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 568 (1865) ; 
Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 204 (1884); North, Nests & Eggs 
Austr. Birds, p. 227 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 80 (1899) 
Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 359, pl. 13 (1901). 
Melithreptus chloropsis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 570 (1865). 
Melithreptes atricapillus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 64 (1906). 
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The eggs of the Lunulated Honey-eater are of a blunt oval shape 
