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The eggs of the White-fronted Honey-eater do not appear to be 

 in any way separable from those of Melitlireptes albigularis, described 

 above. They measure from '77 to -88 in length, and from *58 to *6 

 in breadth. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



7. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



Glyciphila modesta, Gray. 



( Hvciphila subfasciata, Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 385. 



Glyciphila modesta, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 215 (1884) ; Meyer, 

 Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 288, taf. xviii. figs. 7 & 8 ; North, Nests $ 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, pp. 198, 389, pi. xiii. fig. 10 (1889); Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; Robinson fy Laverock, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 634; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 376. pi. 13 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 72 (1906). 



Ten eggs of the Brown-backed Honey-eater are of a rather narrow 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. They are white, sparingly marked 

 with minute, but very sharply defined specks of black. They 

 measure from ? to '78 in length, and from *5 to '55 in breadth. 



2. Fergusson Island, British New C. A. Barnard, Esq. [P.], 



Guinea, 12th Oct. 



2. Herbert River, Queensland. S. Boyd, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Herbert River. S. Boyd, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Herbert River, 10th Dec. (North Crowley Bequest. 



Coll}. 



2. Aru Islands (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CONOPOPHILA, Reicfienb. 



Conopophila albigularis ( Gould). 



(Plate II. fig. 14.) 



Couopophila albigularis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 532 (1865) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 73 (1906). 

 Entomophila albigularis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 219 (1884) ; 



Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 379 (1901). 



An egg of the White-throated Honey-eater is of a regular oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss. It is dull white, profusely speckled all 

 over the shell with reddish-brown and lavender. It measures '73 

 by -51. 



1. Port Essington, Australia, Gould Coll. 



5th Dec. ( Wilson). 



Conopophila rufigularis, Gould. 



Entomophila rufigularis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 219 (1884) ; 



Campbell, Nests % Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 378, pi. 13 (1901). 

 Conopophila rufigularis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 533 (1865) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 73 (1906). 



Eggs of the Red -throated Honey-eater are similar to those of 



