10 DICLEID^S. 



Three eggs of the Plain-coloured Flower-pecker are of a rather 

 broad oval shape, pure white, and devoid of gloss. They measure 

 from '52 to *58 in length, and from '42 to '46 'in breadth. 



1. Margherita, Assam, 15th May. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



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



Dicaeum erythrorhynchum (Lath.). 



Dicaeum minimum, Tick. ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 574 (1879). 



DicaBum erythrorhynchum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 48 (1885) ; 



Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv; p. 86 (1889) ; v. pi. (1890) ; 



Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 381 (1890) ; id.', ed. Hume, 



Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 274 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 84 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 28 (1906). 



Eggs of Tickell's Flower-pecker are of a somewhat narrow 

 oval shape, and plain white, without gloss. They measure from 

 57 to '61 in length, and from -4 to '41 in breadth. 



2. Sitapur, Oudh, 12th March (C. R. Hume Coll. 



Cock}. 



3. Maimbhum, Bengal, February (R. Crowley Bequest. 



C. Beavan: Tristram Cott.) 



Genus PARDALOTUS, Vieill. 



Pardalotus ornatus, Temm. 

 (Plate L fig. 3.) 



Pardalotus striatus, Temm. ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 161 (1865). 

 Pardalotus ornatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 55 (1885) ; North, 



Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 384 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 84 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 440 (1901) j 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v, p. 29 (1906). 



The eggs of the Striated Diamond-bird vary from a narrow to a 

 broad oval or spherical shape, and exhibit a small amount of gloss. 

 They are plain white, and measure from *7 to *75 in length, and 

 from *5 to '6 in breadth. 



1. New South Wales ( Wilson}. Gould Coll. 



2. Wimmera District, Victoria, 5th Crowley Bequest. 



September (A. J. No^th). 



South Australia (G. F. Angas}. Gould Coll. 



South Australia. Oould Coll. 



Pardalotus affinis, Gould. 



Pardalotus affinis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 163 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 57 (1885) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 51 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 84 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 

 $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 443 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 29 

 (1906). 



Four eggs of the Yellow-tipped Diamond-bird are of a broad oval 



