50 MELEPHAGIDA. 
Genus ANTHORNIS, Gray. 
Anthornis melanura (Sparrm.). 
(Plate IT. figs. 15 & 20.) 
ae melanura, Potts, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. ii. p. 56 (1869); ii, 
p. 72 (1870); Gadow, ‘Cat. Birds B. M. 1x. p. 255 (1884); Reischek, 
Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. 1886, p- 186; Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i, 
p.85 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 82 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 
v. p. 88 (1908). 
The eggs of the New-Zealand Bell-bird are of an ordinary oval 
shape and quite devoid of gloss. They vary from white to pinkish- 
white, and are marked, chiefly at the broad end, with spots 
and blotches of different shades of red, varying from brick-red to 
pale lilac-red. On some specimens the markings are small and 
widely-scattered ; on others, they consist of large blotches, which 
are sometimes confluent and form a large cap at the broad end. 
Examples measure from ‘84 to °95 in length, and from °65 to *7 
in breadth. 
1. New Zealand (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
5. New Zealand. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
[P.]. 
5. New Zealand. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(Pei. 
5. New Zealand. Dr. H. T. Wharton [P.]. 
2. New Zealand (H. O. Forbes). Crowley Bequest. 
1. Blue Cliffs, N.Z., 26th Jan. (J. R. Crowley Bequest. 
Cook: Tristram Coil.). 
1. Christchurch, N.Z. Capt. R. Snow [P. ]. 
3. Otago, N.Z. (£. P. Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 
Anthornis melanocephala, Gray. 
(Plate II. figs. 16 & 17.) 
Anthornis melanocephala, Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed.i. p. 92 (1888) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 88 (1906). 
Eggs of the Chatham-Island Bell-bird are of a regular oval form 
and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour varies from pale 
pinkish-white to pale pink, and the markings of sienna or purplish- 
red, usually in the form of clouded blotches, are mostly confined 
to the larger end of the shell, but in one example (fig. 16) the 
markings are more in the form of spots. They measure from 
1:01 to "1-06 in length, and from :69 to °76 in breadth. 
2. Chatham Islands (Feld Coll.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
[Pale 
2. Chatham Islands (Feld Coll.). Ww. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
peat 
1. Chatham Islands. Crowley Bequest. 
