niC.EUM. 



An egg of the Orange-bellied Flower-pecker sent by Sir Hugh 

 Low is of a pointed oval shape and devoid of gloss. It is pale 

 greenish-white, rather thickly speckled and spotted, especially at 

 the broad end, with umber-brown and dull purplish-grey. It 

 measures '62 by '42. 



1. Labuan Island, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



Dica&um cinereigulare, Tiveedd. 

 (Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Dicaeum ciriereigulare, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B.M. x. p. 40 (1885) ; Oyilvie- 

 Grant $ Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 243; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 84 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 27 (1906). 



The eggs of the Grey-throated Flower-pecker are of a pointed 

 oval shape, slightly glossy and plain white. They measure from 

 59 to -62 in length, and from *42 to '45 in breadth. 



2. Samar, Philippine Islands, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.1. 

 2. Samar, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. fO.J. 

 2. Samar, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.1, 



1. Samar, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Dicaeum chrysorrhceum, Temm. 



Dicaeum chrysorrhceum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 44 (1885) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit, Ind., Birds, ii. p. 378 (1890) ; Baker, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 348 ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 27 (1906). 



Eggs of the Yellow-vented Flower-pecker are of a long oval 

 shape, and dull white, devoid of gloss. They measure '6 in length, 

 and from '41 to *42 in breadth. 



2. Margherita, Assam, 15th June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



Dicaeum concolor, Jerdon. 



DicaBum concolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 45 (1885) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 379 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests 8f 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 272 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 28 (1906). 



The eggs of the Nilghiri Flower-pecker are elongate ovals, 

 entirely devoid of gloss, and plain white. The average measure- 

 ment of four examples is '64 by -43. 



1. Nilgliiri Hills, S. India, 19th Jan. Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



2. Nilghiri Hills, April. Hume Coll. 



1. Nilghiri Hills, May. 



Dicaeum olivaceum, Walden. 



Dicseum inornatum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 45 (1885). 

 Dictum olivaceum, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 380 (1890) ; 

 Baker, Ibis, 1896, p. 349 ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 28 (1906). 



