PTILOLIS. 43, 
P. chrysotis, but the ground-colour is more tinged with salmon- 
colour, and the markings on one of the two specimens are more 
numerous and more generally distributed over the shell. They 
measure respectively 1:0 by *7 and 1:1 by “72. 
1. Kandavu, Fiji Islands (£. ZL. Crowley Bequest. 
Layard: Tristram Coll.). 
1. Kandavu (£. Z. L.: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
Ptilotis sonora, Gould. 
Ptilotis sonora, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 504 (1865); Gadov, Cat. 
Birds B. M. ix. p. 234 (1884); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; 
Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 390, pl. 14 (1901) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l, y. p. 81 (1906). 
Ptilotis vittata, North, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 200 (1889). 
Eggs of the Singing Honey-eater are of a blunt oval form and 
almost devoid of gloss. They are flesh-colour, delicately speckled 
or mottled with faint rufous and lavender. Some specimens have 
an indistinct zone of rufous-buff round the larger end. They 
measure from ‘76 to ‘92 in length, and from ‘6 to *66 in breadth. 
2. Queensland, Ist May, T. Carter, Esq. fot 
2. Queensland, 19th July. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 
1. Queensland, 19th. Sept. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 
2. Queensland. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 
1. South Australia (J. Gould: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
1. South Australia, Dec. Gould Coll. 
Ptilotis chrysops (Lath.). 
Ptilotis chrysops, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p.521 (1865) ; Gadow, 
Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 236 (1884); North, Nests § Eggs Austr. 
Birds, p. 207, pl. xii. fig. 16 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eversammi. p. 82 
(1899) ; Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, 1. p. 802, pl. 14 (1901); 
Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 82 (1906). 
The eggs of the Yellow-faced Honey-eater vary from a narrow 
to a broad oval shape and are moderately glossy. They are of a 
pinkish cream-colour, freckled, spotted or blotched, generally more 
densely at the broad end than elsewhere, with various shades of red, 
ranging from light chestnut to deep purplish-red, and with lavender 
or lilac. The markings are often gathered into a broad confluent 
zone at the broad end, the remainder of the shell being sparingly 
spotted ; while, in some cases, they are evenly spread over the entire 
surface of the egg. Specimens measure from *77 to ‘84 in length, 
and from °55 to ‘61 in breadth. 
2. Cape York, N. Queensland (J. Crowley Bequest. 
MacGillivray: Tristram Coll.). 
1, New South Wales, 17th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 
(J. Gould). 
1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 
