34 MELIPHAGID®. 
Plectorhynchus lanceolatus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 208 (1884) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Liersamml. p. 80 (1889) ; Camplell, Nests § Eggs Austr. 
Birds, i. p. 369, pl. 18 (1901). 
Plectorhamphus lanceolatus, Sharpe, Hand-l, v. p. 65 (1906). 
Eggs of the Lanceolate Honey-eater are of a blunt oval shape 
and slightly glossy. They are dull white, rather densely speckled, 
especially round the broad end, with pale reddish-brown and 
lavender. They measure from ‘9 to ‘96 in length, and from °65 to 
7 in breadth. 
1. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 
3. Darling River, N.S.W., 19th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 
(A. J. North). 
3. Darling River, Oct. (4. J. N.). Crowley Bequest. 
Genus MYZOMELA, Vig. & Horsf. 
Myzomela rubratra (Less.). 
(Plate II. figs. 11 & 13.) 
Myzomela rubratra, see Cat. Birds B. M.ix. p. 129 (1884) ; Nehrk. 
Kat, Mersammil. p. 7 9 (1899) ; Sharpe, Han v. p. 66 (1906). 
Three eggs of the Marianne-Island Honey-eater are of a wide 
oval form and somewhat glossy; the ground-colour is white, and 
the markings, which are mostly confined to the larger end, consist 
of spots of light red, deep reddish-brown, purplish-brown, and 
lavender-grey. They measure from °68 to ‘74 in length, and from 
*51 to 55 in breadth. 
1. Caroline Islar ds. Crowley Bequest. 
1. Ruk Island, Caroline Is., Ist April. Crowley Bequest. 
1. Ruk Island, 10th April. Crowley Bequest. 
Myzomela nigriventris, Peale. 
(Plate II. fig. 10.) 
Myzomela nigriventiis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 180 (1884) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 79 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-/. v. p.66 (1806). 
An egg of the Samoan Honey-eater is of a regular oval form and 
slightly glossy; the ground-colour is pinkish-white, shading into 
reddish-buff towards the larger end, and the markings, mostly 
arranged in the form of a confused ring of small indistinct spots 
round the larger end, are of sienna and purplish-brown. The 
example measures °68 by “49. 
1. Samoa Islands. Crowley Bequest. 
Myzomela sanguinolenta (Lath.). 
Myzomela sanguinolenta, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 555 (1865) ; 
Rameay, Ibis, 1865, p. 304 ; Gadow, Cat. Birds Bo ate 1s. 1p. 131 
eae North, Nests &§ Eggs Austr. Birds; p. 222, pl. 138. fig. 20 
(1885); Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, its os 352 (1 901) ; 
eae. Hand-l. v. p. 66 (1906). 
