42 MELIPHAGID^. 



Ptilotis sharpei, Roihscli. &f Hartert. 

 (Plate II. fig. 18.) 



Ptilotis analoga, Nehrk. (nee Reichenb.} Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81, pi. iii. 



fig. 24 (1899). 



Ptilotis aruensis sharpei, Rothsch. $ Hartert, Nov. Zool. x. p. 442 (1903). 

 Ptilotis sharpei, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 80 (1906). 



An egg of Sharpe's Honey-eater is indistinguishable from that of 

 P. analoga ; it measures '91 by *68. 



1. Fergusson Island, 12th December. Mr. A. S. Meek [C.]. 



Ptilotis fusca (Gould}. 



Ptilotis fusca, Ramsay, Trans. Phil. Soc. N. S. W. 1865, p. 321, pi. i. 

 fig. 4 ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 520 (1865) ; Gadow, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. ix. p. 229 (1884) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 206 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 

 $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 385 (1901) j Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 81 

 (1906). 



Eggs of the Fuscous Honey-eater are of a regular oval form and 

 somewhat glossy. They are of a rich pinkish-buff colour, spotted 

 all over, but rather sparingly, with pale pinkish-red and faint lilac. 

 They measure from '76 to -8 in length, and from -57 to -6 in 

 breadth. 



1. Dawson River, Queensland, Crowley Bequest. 



13th Aug. (North Coll.). 



2. New South Wales (E. P. Ramsay}. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 



Ptilotis chrysotis, Lath. 



Ptilotis lewinii, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 503 (1865) ; Ramsay, 



P. Z. S. 1875, p. 595 : Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 229 (1884) ; 



North, Nests $ Eggs 'Austr. Birds, p. 199, pi . xiii. fig. 1 (1889) ; 



NehrTc. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 



Birds, i. p. 386, pi. 14(1901). 

 Ptilotis chrysotis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 81 (1906). 



An egg of Lewin's Honey-eater is of a regular oval shape and 

 almost devoid of gloss. It is pinkish-white, spotted, chiefly at the 

 broad end, with deep purplish-brown and lilac. It measures 1*0 

 by -73. 



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



Ptilotis provocator, Layard. 

 (Plate II. fig. 2.) 



Ptilotis provocator, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 28 ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 ix. p. 230 (1884) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) j Sharpe, 

 Handel, v. p. 81 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Kandavu Honey-eater closely resemble that of 



