18 NECTARINIIDvE. 



9. Sind (If. Gould). Gould Coll. 



1. Hansi, Punjab, April. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, 16th April. Hume Coll. 



3. Hansi, 18th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, 20th April. Hume Coll. 

 3. Hansi, July. Hume Coll. 



2. Qurgaon District, 23rd April. Hume Coll. 

 5. North-west Provinces. Hume Coll. 

 1. Agra, 18th June. Hume Coll. 



3. Lucknow, 16th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Mirzapur, 5th June ( W. E. Brooks : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



1. Mirzapur, 14th March ( W. E. J5. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



1. Jhansi, Aug. (F. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



2. Maunbhum, 29th March (R. C. Crowley Bequest. 



Beavan: Tristram Coll.). 



4. Maunbhum, 5th April (R. C. B. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Raipur, C. Prqvs. (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills, 20th Feb. Hume Coll. 



1. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 14th Hume Coll. 



April (Miss Cockburn). 



1. Kullar, Nilghiri Hills, 5th Feb. Hume Coll. 



1. Tipperah ( V. Irwin). Hume Coll. 



Arachnechthra lotenia (Linn.). 



Cinnyris lotenius, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 177 (1876-80) ; Legge, B. 



Ceylon, p. 563 (1879) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 60 (1884). 

 Arachnechthra lotenia, Oates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, ii. p. 358 (1890) ; 



id., ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 251 (1890) j Sharpe, 



Hand-l v. p. 41 (1906). 



An egg of Loten's Sun-bird is of a somewhat elongate, rather 

 pointed oval shape, and has very little gloss ; the ground-colour is 

 white, finely dotted and mottled all over with pale umber-brown, 

 the markings being rather more concentrated towards the larger 

 end so as to form an indistinct zone. It measures '69 by *48. 



1. Lunugala, Ceylon, 3rd May (A. L. Crowley Bequest. 

 Butler). 



Genus LEPTOCOMA, Cab. 

 Leptocoma minima (SyJces). 



Cinnyris minimus, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 143 (1876-80) ; Legge, B. 



Ceylon, p. 572 (1879). 

 Cinnyris minima, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 62 (1884) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 77 (1899). 

 Arachnechthra minima, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 363 



(1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 262 (1890). 

 Leptocoma minima, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 41 (1906). 



An egg of the Tiny Sun-bird in the Collection closely resembles 



