20 NECTARINIID^. 



with a slight amount of gloss. The ground-colour is bluish- 

 white, and the markings, which are mostly concentrated in 

 an. irregular zone round the larger end, consist of short black 

 dots and scrolls and violet-grey under-markings. It measures *65 

 by -48. 



1. New Pomerania. Crowley Bequest. 



Hermotimia christianae (Tristram). 

 (Plate I. fig. 23.) 



Cinnyris christianse, Tristram, Ibis, 1889, p. 55-5 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 77 (1899). 

 Hermotimia christianae, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 43 (1903). 



The egg of Tristram's Sun-bird is of a somewhat pointed oval form 

 and slightly glossed ; the ground-colour is pinkish- white, thickly 

 mottled all over with purplish-brown, the markings concentrating 

 towards the larger end so as to form a distinct zone. Two examples 

 measure respectively -72 by '5 and *73 by '5. 



2. Kiriwina Island, D'Entrecasteaux Is., Crowley Bequest. 



19th March (A. S. Meek). 



Hermotimia aspasioides ( Gray). 



Cinnyris aspasioides, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 109 (1876-80) ; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 70 (1884) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 77 

 (1899). 



Hermotimia aspasioides, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 43 (1906). 



An egg of the Ceram Sun-bird is of a somewhat pointed oval 

 shape and slightly glossed ; the ground-colour is brownish- white, 

 and the markings, which are mostly distributed over the larger end 

 of the shell, around which they form an ill-defined zone, consist of 

 purplish-grey blotches, with overlying irregular spots and scrolls 

 of deep blackish-brown. It measures -68 by -46. 



1, Amboyna (Nehrkorn Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CINNYRIS, Cab. 



Cinnyris cupreus (Shaw). 



Cinnyris cupreus, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 191 (1876-80) ; Gadow, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. ix. p. 55 (1885) ; Hartert, J. f. O. 1886, p. 580 ; 

 Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 347 ; Nehrk. Kai. Eiersamml. p. 76 (1899) ; 

 Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 36 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 44 (1906). 



The egg of the Copper-coloured Sun-bird is of a somewhat pointed 

 form, with scarcely any gloss ; the ground-colour is of a brownish - 

 white tint, and the markings, which are mostly concentrated in a 



