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Genus PROSTHEMADERA, Gray. 
Prosthemadera nove zealandiz ((inel.). 
Prosthemadera nove zealandiw, Walter, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 192, pl. lvi. 
fiz. 2; Potts, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. ii. p. 55 (1869); Gadow, Cat. 
Birds B. M. ix. p. 257 (1884); Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. 1. 
p. 94 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersummi. p. 82 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 
v. p. 88 (1906). 
The eggs of the Tui or Parson-bird are of a somewhat pointed oval 
shape and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is white, 
marked, often very sparingly, with pale rufous, The markings in 
some specimens consist of smears and blotches; in others, of small 
specks and spots. They measure from 1:2 to 1:32 in length, and 
from *8 to °85 in breadth. 
3. New Zealand. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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1. New Zealand. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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1. New Zealand. Purchased. 
1. New Zealand. Dr. H. T. Wharton [P.]. 
1. Christchurch, New Zealand. Capt. R. Snow [P.]. 
2. Otago, N.Z. (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
Genus MANORHINA, Vieill. 
Manorhina melanophrys (Lath.). 
Manorhina melanophrys, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 579 (1865) ; 
Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 259 (1884); North, Nests & Eggs 
Austr. Birds, p. 231 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eviersamml. p. 82 (1899) ; 
Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 416, pl. 14 (1901); 
Sharpe, Hand-l, y. p. 88 (1906). 
The eggs of the Bell-Miner in the Collection are of a narrow oval 
shape and slightly glossy. Two examples are of a pinkish flesh- 
colour and one of a salmon-pink colour, and they are spotted with 
chestnut or dark reddish-brown and underlying lavender. They 
measure respectively : -91 by °6; -93 by °62; :86 by 62. 
1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 
2. Victoria. Govt. of Victoria [P.}. 
Genus MYZANTHA, Vw. & Horsf. 
Myzantha garrula (Zath.). 
(Plate III. fig. 9.) 
Meliphaga garrula, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvi. 
Myzantha garrula, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 57 
Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 229, pl. xii. fig. 2 
Hund-l. v. p. 89 (1906). | 
