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zone round the larger end, consist of purplish-grey blotches and 

 irregular dark-brown spots and scrolls. It measures '61 by '41. 



1. Witu, British East Africa Crowley Bequest. 



(Kutter Coll}. 



Cinnyris notatus (P. L. S. Mull.\ 



Cinnyris notatus, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 195 (1876-80) ; Gadow, Cat. 

 'Birds B. M. ix. p. 54 (1884) ; Nelirk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 76 (1899); 

 Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 30 (1900) ; Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 44 (1906). 



An egg of the Madagascar Sun-bird has the ground-colour 

 \ellowish-white, indistinctly mottled all over with dull lilac-grey 

 and darker yellowish-brown markings. It measures '8 by '55 

 (approximately). 



1. S.E. Madagascar, 4th December Crowley Bequest. 

 (JJ*. Deans Cowan). 



Cinnyris habessinicus (H. $ E.). 

 (Plate I. fig. 5.) 



Ciunyris habessinicus, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 205 (1876-80) ; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 52 (1884;; Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 46 

 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 45 (1906). 



Eggs of the Abyssinian Sun-bird are of an oval or somewhat 

 pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. The three eggs in the 

 Collection are of two somewhat different types : two examples from 

 El Toki have the ground-colour pale blue, marked all over with 

 minute but somewhat scattered dots of grey and reddish-brown ; 

 in the other one, from Roseires, the ground-colour is pale greenish- 

 white, indistinctly mottled all over with greyish and pale yellowish- 

 brown. Two examples measure respectively *67 by *42 and 

 75 by '5. 



1. lioseires, Blue Nile, September. Major H. N. Dunn [P.]. 



2. El Toki, Hawash Valley. Sir Alfred E. Pease, Bart. [P.]. 



Cinnyris erythrocerius (Heugl.}. 



Cinnyris erythrocerius, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 209 (1876-80) ; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 44 (1884) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 49 

 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 45 (1906). 



Three eggs of Heuglin's Wedge-tailed Sun-bird are of a rather 

 pointed oval form, with little or no gloss ; the ground-colour is 

 generally pale greenish-white, more or less thickly blotched and 

 mottled with pale grey and pale yellowish-brown. In one example 

 the grey blotches are much larger, and large portions of the shell 



