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and spotted with purplish-brown and purplish-grey, the blotches 

 being more or less concentrated in an irregular zone round the 

 larger end. It measures '8 in length by '57 in breadth. 



1. South-east New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [0.1. 



1. South-east New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [C.J. 



Family NECTARINIID.E. 



Genus HEDYDIPNA, Cab. 



Hedydipna metallica (Lwlit.). 

 (Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Nectarinia metallica, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 8 (1884) ; Kuschel, 



J. f. O. 1895, p. 346. 

 Hedydipna metallica, Shelley, Monogr. Ned. p. 3 (1876-80) ; id., Birds 



Afr. ii. p. 15 (1900) ; Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 34 (1906). 



An egg of the Blue-collared Long-tailed Sun-bird is of a long 

 oval shape and slightly glossy ; it is pure white, with a few 

 irregular scrolls and dashes of dull purplish-red, congregated near 

 the larger end. It measures *59 by '48. 



1. Khartum, March. Major H. M. Dunn [P.]. 



Genus NECTARINIA, Illiger. 



Nectarinia famosa (Linn.). 

 (Plate I. fig. 17.) 



Nectarinia famosa, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 13 (1876-80) ; Sharpe, ed. 

 LayarXs Birds S. Africa, p. 306 (1875-84) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. ix. p. 5 (1884) ; Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 346 ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 75 (1899) ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 276 

 (1900) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 19 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 35 (1906). 



The eggs of the Malachite Sun-bird are of an oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. They are greyish-brown, blotched all over 

 with dark brown or olive-brown. In some examples, however, 

 the markings are very fine and indistinct, and not much darker 

 than the ground-colour of the egg. They measure -71 to *76 in 

 length, by -5 to '52 in breadth. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Cape Colony (T. Atmore: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.}. 

 2. Otjimbinque, Damaraland, April Crowley Bequest. 



(C. J. Andersson: Tristram Coll.}. 



