MYZOMELA. ACANTH01UI YNCHUS. 35 



Two eggs of the Sanguineous Honey-cater are of a blunt oval 

 shape and moderately gl'-ssy. They are white, marked round the 

 broad end with a well-defined zone of chestnut-brown and lavender 

 spots and small blotches. One specimen is also marked with a 

 few blackish specks on or near the zone. They measure respec- 

 tively : -57 by -45 ; -59 by -47. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



Myzomela nigra, Gould. 



Meliphaga nigra, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvi. fig. 1 (1845-54). 

 Myzomela nigra, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 558 (1865); Gadow, 



Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 138 (1884) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 



N. S. W. (2) i. p. 1151 (1886) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, 



p. 223 (1889); Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i, p. 354 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 68 (1906). 



The eggs of the Black Honey-eater are of an oval shape and 

 nearly devoid of gloss. They are yellowish-buff, marked round 

 the broad end with a broad indistinct zone of more or less confluent 

 specks of pale brownish-buff. Four examples measure respectively : 

 55 by -47 ; -58 by -46 ; -63 by -46 ; '63 by -47. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



Myzomela obscura, Gould. 



M} zomela obscura, Gould. Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 659 (1865) ; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ix.' p. 143 (1884) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, i. p. 356, pi. 13 (1901); Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, p. '64; Sharpe. 

 Hand-l v. p. 70 (1906). 



An egg of the Dusky Honey-eater closely resembles that of 

 M. rubratra both in form and markings. It measures *7 by "52. 



1. Prince of Wales Island, Torres Earl of Crawford [P.]. 



Straits (M. J. Nicoll). 



Genus ACANTHORHYNCHUS, Gould. 



Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Lath.'). 



Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 551 

 (1865) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 144 (1884) ; North, Nests 

 $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 220, pi. xii. tig. 20 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 79 (1899); Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 

 p. 358 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 71 (1906). 



The eggs of the Spine-bill are of a pointed oval form and slightly 

 glossy. They are cream-colour or pale creamy-buff, marked, almost 

 entirely at the broad end, with spots and small blotches, which 

 in some specimens are entirely pale chestnut, and in others rich 

 purplish-red and lavender. They measure from '1 to *76 in length, 

 and from -51 to -53 in breadth. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Roseville, N.S.W., 17th November. A. J. North, Esq. [P.]. 



