54 MELIPHAGID®. 
type (see fig. 16), being of a short blunt oval form and somewhat 
glossy. The ground-colour is of a light brick-colour, and the 
markings of light red and lilac are mostly confined to the large end. 
Both eggs measure *95 by °7. 
2. 
2. 
North Australia, 19th & 20th July. 
Port Essington, North Australia. 
T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 
Gould Coll. 
Genus ACANTHOCHAERA, Vig. § Horsf. 
Acanthochera carunculata (Lath.). 
Anthochera carunculata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p: 538. 
Acanthocheera carunculata, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p 
Birds, p. 215, pl. xii. fig. 5 (1889) ; 
North, Nests § Eggs "Austr, 
lehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 83 (1899) ; 
Birds, i. p. 428, pl. 14 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 89 
Austr. 
(1906). 
263 (1884) ; 
Campbell, Nests &§ Eggs 
The eggs of the Red-wattled Honey-eater are of a regular oval 
shape and slightly glossy. 
They are of a pale salmon-pink colour, 
spotted and blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with chestnut or deep 
purplish-red and underlying lavender. 
zone or small irregular cap at the broad end. 
The markings often form a 
Specimens measure 
from 1:15 to 1:3 in length, and from -83 to -92 in breadth. 
3. Australia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Pa; 
2. Australia. Gowla Coll. 
2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 
2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 
1. West Australia. Gould Coll. 
1. Swan River, W. Australia, Noy. Crowley Bequest. 
(Tristram Coll.). 
1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 
2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 
2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 
4. Nairn, near Adelaide. E. 8. Moulden, Esq. [P.]. 
2. Nairn, 21st Dec. E. 8. Moulden, Esq. | P. }. 
1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.C. 
Pale 
2. Werribee, Victoria, 20th Nov. Ww Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(G. French). eal 
2. Frankstone, Victoria, 8rd Nov. Crowley Bequest. 
(A. J. North). 
3. Hastings, West Point, Victoria, Crowley Bequest. 
Sth Oct. (A. J. N.). 
1. Tass River, New South Wales Cowley Bequest. 
(EB: P: Ramsay : Tristram Coll.). 
2. Queensland. T. Carter, Esq. Ie 
J. Queensland. T. Carter, Esq. [C 
J. Queensland. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 
