38 MELIPHIGID^J. 



C. albigularis, but, in some specimens, the fine markings are con- 

 centrated towards the larger end, and form an irregular zone or cap. 

 They measure from '7 to *75 in length, and from '5 to *53 in 

 breadth. 



20. North Queensland. W. Radcliife Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus CERTHIONYX, Less. 



Certhionyx variegatus, Less. 



Entomophila leucomelas, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 220 (1884) ; 



Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 380, pi. 13 (1901). 

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



Eggs of the Pied Honey-eater vary in shape, from a broad to a 

 pointed oval form, and are very slightly glossy. The ground-colour 

 is white or yellowish- white and the markings of dark brown, purplish- 

 brown, and lilac-grey take the form of numerous small spots and 

 blotches, which are distributed all over the surface of the shell. 

 They measure from '8 to '98 in length, and from -48 to '58 in breadth. 



24. Gascoyne River, West Australia. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus MELIPHAGA, Lewin. 



Meliphaga phrygia (Lath.). 



Meliphaga phrygia, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vo'g. tab. xvi. fig. 9 (1845-54) ; 

 Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 527 (1865) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. ix. p. 221 (1884) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 210, 

 pi. xii. fig. 8 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 381, pi. 14 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l v. p. 74 (1906). 



Xanthomyza phrygia, Ramsay, Trans. Phil. Soc. N. S. W. 1865, p. 319, 

 pi. i. fig. 3. 



Eggs of the Warty-faced Honej'-eater are of a very broad oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are of a rich salrnon-buif 

 colour, speckled and spotted with purplish-red and underlying 

 lavender. The markings are rather dense at the broad end, but 

 sparse elsewhere. Four examples measure from *9 to 1-0 in length, 

 and from -69 to '7 in breadth. 



2. New South Wales ( Wilson}. Gould Coll. 



Genus MELILESTES, Salvad. 



Melilestes poliopterus, Sharpe. 

 (Plate II. fig. 21.) 



Melilestes polioptera, Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc., ZooL xvi. pp. 318, 438 



(1882). 



Arachnothera polioptera, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. Ill (1884). 

 Melilestes poliopterus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 75 (1906). 



