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Plectorhynchus lanceolatus, Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 208 (1884) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 80 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 .Birds, i. p. 369, pi. 13 (1901). 

 Plectorhamphus lanceolatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 65 (1906). 



Eggs of the Lanceolate Honey-eater are of a blunt oval shape 

 and slightly glossy. They are dull white, rather densely speckled, 

 especially round the broad end, with pale reddish-brown and 

 lavender. They measure from -9 to -96 in length, and from '65 to 

 7 in breadth. 



1. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



3. Darling River, N.S.W., 19th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North}. 



3. Darling River, Oct. (A. J. N.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MYZOMELA, Vicj. $ Horsf. 



Myzomela rubratra (Less.). 



(Plate II. figs. 11 & 13.) 



Myzomela rubratra, Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 129 (1884) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 79 (1899) ; Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 66 (1906). 



Three eggs of the Marianne-Island Honey-eater are of a wide 

 oval form and somewhat glossy ; the ground-colour is white, and 

 the markings, which are mostly confined to the larger end, consist 

 of spots of light red, deep reddish-brown, purplish-brown, and 

 lavender-grey. They measure from -68 to '74 in length, and from 

 51 to *55 in breadth. 



1. Caroline Islards. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Ruk Island, Caroline Is., 1st April. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Ruk Island, 10th April. Crowley Bequest. 



Myzomela nigriventris, Peak. 

 (Plate II. fig. 10.) 



Myzomela nigriventris, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 130 (1884) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 79 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 66 (1906). 



An egg of the Samoan Honey-eater is of a regular oval form and 

 slightly glossy ; the ground-colour is pinkish-white, shading into 

 reddish-buff towards the larger end, and the markings, mostly 

 arranged in the form of a confused ring of small indistinct spots 

 round the larger end, are of sienna and purplish-brown. The 

 example measures '68 by -49. 



1. Samoa Islands. Crowley Bequest. 



Myzomela sangninolenta (Lath.}. 



Myzomela sanguinolenta, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 555 (1865) ; 

 Ramtay, Ibis, 1865, p. 304; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 131 

 (1884)'; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 222, pi. 13. fig. 20 

 (1889); Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 352 (1901); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 66 (1906). 



