oo MELIPHAGID&®. 
and very slightly glossy. They vary from pale salmon-pink to 
salmon-buff, spotted, almost entirely at the broad end where the 
markings form an imperfect zone or cap, with chestnut or purplish- 
red and underlying lavender or lilac-red. They measure from 
-65 to 8 in length, and from ‘53 to ‘64 in breadth. 
1. West Australia. Gould Coll. 
8. West Australia, 26th Oct. (G. F Gould Coll. 
Angas). 
2. Queensland. Gould Coll. 
1. New South Wales (Brackenbridge). Crowley Bequest. 
2. Dobroyd, N.S. Wales (Z. P. Ram- Crowley Bequest. 
say: Tristram Coll.). 
3. New South Wales (Z. P. Ramsay). Gould Coll, 
2. Victoria. Govt. of Victoria ! P.}. 
3. Victoria. Govt. of Victoria | P. |. 
2. Victoria. Govt. of Victoria [P. }. 
3. Victoria. Govt. of Victoria | P. |. 
2, Hastings, Western Point, Victoria, Crowley Bequest. 
15th October (A. J. North), 
Melithreptes albigularis, Gould. 
Meliphaga albogularis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvi. fig. 17 
(1845-54). 
Melithreptus albogularis, Gould, Handb, Birds Austr. i. p.571 (1865). 
Melithreptus albigularis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 205 (1884) ; 
North, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 228 (1889); Le Souéf, Ibis, 
1900, p. 463. 
Melithreptus lunulatus albigularis, Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, 
i. p. 862 (1901). 
Melithreptes albigularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 64 (1906). 
The eges of the White-throated Honey-eater are of a narrow 
and blunt oval shape, and entirely devoid of gloss. They are 
pinkish-white, rather thickly spotted with chestnut, lilac-red, and 
lavender. Two examples measure respectively: *85 by °53; 
"72 by -52. 
2. Port Essington, Australia (W7lson). Gould Coll. 
Melithreptes gularis, Gould. 
Melithreptus gularis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 566 (1865) ; 
Ramsay, P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 597 ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 205 
(1884) ; North, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 226 (1889) ; Campbell, 
Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 868 (1901). 
Melithreptes gularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 65 (1906). 
The eggs of the Black-throated Honey-eater are of an elliptical 
shape and slightly glossy. They resemble the eggs of M. atricapillus. 
Two examples measure respectively : “88 by 61; °77 by °59. 
2. New South Wales (G. Bennett). Gould Coll. 
1. Adelaide, 8. Australia, September Crowley Bequest. 
(J. W. Mellor). 
