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The eggs of the White-fronted Honey-eater do not appear to be 
in any way separable from those of Melithreptes albigularis, described 
above. They measure from ‘77 to °88 in length, and from °58 to °6 
in breadth. 
2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 
7. South Australia. Gould Coll. 
Glyciphila modesta, Gray. 
Glyciphila subfasciata, Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 385. 
Glyciphila modesta, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. 1x. p. 215 (1884) ; Meyer, 
Zeitschr. ges. Orn, 1884, p. 288, taf. xviii. figs. 7&8; North, Nests § 
Eggs Austr. Birds, pp. 198, 389, pl. xii. fig. 10 (1889); Mehrk. 
Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899); Robinson § Laverock, Its, 1900, 
p- 634; Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 376, pl. 18 
(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 72 (1906). 
Ten eggs of the Brown-backed Honey-eater are of a rather narrow 
oval shape and moderately glossy. They are white, sparingly marked 
with minute, but very sharply defined specks of black. They 
measure from ‘7 to °78 in length, and from °5 to ‘55 in breadth. 
2. Fergusson Island, British New C. A. Barnard, Esq. [P.]. 
Guinea, 12th Oct. 
2, Herbert River, Queensland. S. Boyd, Esq. [P.]. 
2. Herbert River. S. Boyd, Esq. | P.]. 
2. Herbert River, 10th Dec. (Worth Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
2. Aru Islands (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
Genus CONOPOPHILA, Peichend. 
Conopophila albigularis (Gould). 
(Plate II. fig. 14.) 
Conopophila albigularis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 532 (1865) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 73 (1906). 
Entomophila albigularis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 219 (1884) ; 
Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 379 (1901). 
An egg of the White-throated Honey-eater is of a regular oval 
shape and devoid of gloss. It is dull white, profusely speckled all 
over the shell with reddish-brown and lavender. It measures °73 
by ‘ol. 
1. Port Essington, Australia, Gould Coll. 
5th Dec. ( Wilson). 
Conopophila rufigularis, Gould. 
Entomophila rufigularis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 219 (1884) ; 
Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 378, pl. 13 (1901). 
Conopophila rufigularis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr, 1. p. 533 (1865) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 73 (1906). 
Eggs of the Red-throated Honey-eater are similar to those of 
