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2. Somerset, N. Queensland, 5th Jan. 0. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Somerset. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Bo wen Downs, Queensland. Crowley Bequest. 



Cyrtostomus aurora, Tiveeddale. 



Cinnyris aurora, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 149 (1876-80) ; Gadow, Cat. 



Birds B. M. ix. p. 88 (1884). 

 Cyrtostomus aurora, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 57 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Philippine Yellow-breasted Sun-bird are of a 

 rather wide oval shape, slightly pointed and almost devoid of gloss. 

 The ground-colour is greenish-white, mottled with lavender-grey, 

 with scattered spots and marks of dark brown, and with long irregular 

 hair-lines of the same colour traversing the cap. Two examples 

 measure respectively -65 by '48 and '62 by '45. 



2. Taguso, Palawan, 29th June Crowley Bequest. 



(J. Whitehead). 



Cyrtostomus pectoralis (Horsf.). 



Cinnyris pectoralis, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 165 (1876-80) ; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 341 ; Gadow', Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 88 (1884) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. 2nd,, Birds, ii. p. 361 (1890) ; id,, ed. Hume, 

 Nests 8f Eggs 2nd. Birds, ii. p. 259 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 78 (1899). 



Cyrtostomus pectoralis, Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 57 (1906). 



The eggs of the Malayan Yellow-breasted Sun-bird are extremely 

 variable. They range from a narrow to a broad oval form and are 

 without gloss. In some specimens the ground-colour is nearly 

 pure white, in others greyish-white, pale greenish-grey, or brownish- 

 white. Some eggs are densely mottled all over with brown and 

 underlying lavender ; others are blotched and clouded with pale 

 purplish-brown and lilac-grey ; others again are marked with well- 

 defined spots and blotches of purplish-grey and dark brown. Many 

 specimens exhibit a large cap of confluent markings at the broad 

 end, others are evenly marked all over. Many eggs, like those of 

 C. flammaocillariS) are sparingly spotted with dark purplish- or 

 chocolate-brown. Specimens measure from *57 to '7 in length, and 

 from '41 to -48 in breadth. 



42. Labuan I., Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



1. Labuan I. Crowley Bequest. 



Cyrtostomus zenobia (Less.). 



Cinnyris zenobia, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 173 (1876-80) ; Gadow, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. ix. p. 90 (1884) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 78 (1899). 

 Cyrtostomus zenobia, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 57 (1906). 



An egg of the Black-breasted Sun-bird is of a broad, somewhat 

 pointed oval shape, and is slightly glossy. The ground-colour is 



