42 MELIPHAGID®. 
Ptilotis sharpei, othsch. § Hartert. 
(Plate II. fig. 18.) 
Ptilotis analoga, Nehrk. (nec Reichenb.) Kat. Eiersammi. p. 81, pl. iii. 
fig. 24 (1899). 
Ptilotis aruensis sharpei, Rothsch. § Hartert, Nov. Zool. x. p. 442 (1903). 
Ptilotis sharpei, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 80 (1906). 
An egg of Sharpe’s Honey-eater is indistinguishable from that of 
P. analoga ; it measures *91 by °68. 
1. Fergusson Island, 12th December. Mr. A. S. Meek [C.]. 
Ptilotis fusca (Gould). 
Ptilotis fusca, Ramsay, Trans. Phil. Soc, N. S. W. 1865, p. 821, pl. i. 
fig. 4; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 520 (1865); Gadow, Cat. 
Birds B. M. ix. p. 229 (1884); North, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, 
p- 206 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eversammil. p. 81 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 
§& Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 885 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 81 
(1906). 
Eggs of the Fuscous Honey-eater are of a regular oval form and 
somewhat glossy. They are of a rich pinkish-buff colour, spotted 
all over, but rather sparingly, with pale pinkish-red and faint lilac. 
They measure from ‘76 to ‘8 in length, and from ‘57 to °6 in 
breadth. 
1. Dawson River, Queensland, Crowley Bequest. 
13th Aug. (North Coll.). 
2. New South Wales (£. P. Ramsay). Gould Coll. 
2. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 
Ptilotis chrysotis, Lath. 
Ptilotis lewinii, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr.i, p. 503 (1865); Ramsay, 
P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 595; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 229 (1884) ; 
North, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, p.199, pl. xiii. fig. 1 (1889) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p,81 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. 
Birds, i. p. 886, pl. 14 (1901). 
Ptilotis chrysotis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 81 (1906). 
An egg of Lewin’s Honey-eater is of a regular oval shape and 
almost devoid of gloss. It is pinkish-white, spotted, chiefly at the 
broad end, with deep purplish-brown and lilac. It measures 1:0 
by *73. 
1. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 
Ptilotis provocator, Layard. 
(Plate II. fig. 2.) 
Ptilotis provocator, Layard, P. Z. 8.1875, p. 28; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. 
ix, p. 280 (1884); Nehrk. Kat. Eversamml. p. 81 (1899); Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 81 (1906). 
Two eggs of the Kandavu Honey-eater closely resemble that of 
