40 MELIPHAGID^E. 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, i. p. 374, pi. 13 (1901). 



Glyciphila subocularis, Le Souef, Ibis, 1900, p. 463 ; Campbell, torn. cit. 

 p. 375. 



The eggs of the Brown Honey-eater are of a regular oval shape 

 and almost devoid of gloss. They vary from white to cream-colour, 

 and are very minutely speckled, almost entirely at the broad end, 

 with pale rufous. They measure from -62 to -7 in length, and from 

 49 to -51 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland. Crowley Bequest. 



14th September (North Co//.). 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus PTILOTIS, Swains. 



Ptilotis carunculata (Gmel.). 



(Plate II. fig. 3.) 



Ptilotis carunculata, Finsch 8f Hartl. Fauna Centr.-Polynes. p. 58, pi. i. 

 figs. 1 & 2 (1867) ; Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 438; Gadow, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. ix. p. 225 (1884) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 79 (1906). 



Eggs of the Carunculated Honey-eater are of a broad oval 

 form and moderately glossy. They are of a pinkish-white or 

 salmon-pink colour, spotted, chiefly at the broad end, with purplish- 

 red and very pale underlying lavender. A few very dark, almost 

 black, specks are sometimes found scattered over the shell. They 

 measure from '96 to 1*0 in length, and from '66 to '72 in breadth. 



5. Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [0.]. 



1. Samoa. Crowley Bequest. 



Ptilotis procerior, Finsch $ Hartl. 

 (Plate II. fig. 8.) 



Ptilotis carunculata, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 225 (1884) [part.]. 

 Ptilotis procerior, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 28, 431 ; Wiylesw. Abh. Mus. 

 Dresden, 1890-91, No. 6, p. 34 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 79 (1906). 



Eggs of Finsch's Carunculated Honey-eater are usually of a 

 broad regular oval form : one example in the Collection is, however, 

 longer and more pointed ; the ground-colour is white, or pinkish- 

 white; the markings are most numerous towards the larger end 

 and form a zone of spots which are purplish-red and pale lilac. They 

 measure from -94 to I'O in length, and from -65 to '72 in breadth. 



4. Ovalau, Fiji (E. L. Layard : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 4. Ovalau (E. L. L. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



