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P. chrysotis, but the ground-colour is more tinged with salmon- 

 colour, and the markings on one of the two specimens are more 

 numerous and more generally distributed over the shell. They 

 measure respectively 1*0 by *7 and 1*1 by '72. 



1. Kandavu, Fiji Islands (E. L. Crowley Bequest. 

 Layard : Tristram Coll.). 



1. Kandavu (E. L. L. : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Ptilotis sonora, Gould. 



Ptilotis sonora, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. \. p. 504 (1865) ; Gadow, Cat. 



Birds B. M. ix. p. 234 (1834) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 81 (1899) ; 



Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 390, pi. 14 (1901) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 81 (1906). 

 Ptilotis vittata, North, Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 200 (1889). 



Eggs of the Singing Honey-eater are of a blunt oval form and 

 almost devoid of gloss. They are flesh-colour, delicately speckled 

 or mottled with faint rufous and lavender. Some specimens have 

 an indistinct zone of rufous-buff round the larger end. They 

 measure from -76 to '92 in length, aud from -6 to -66 in breadth. 



2. Queensland, 1st May, T. Carter, Esq. 

 2. Queensland, 19th July. T. Carter, Esq. 



1. Queensland, 19th. Sept. T. Carter, Esq. 



2. Queensland. T. Carter, Esq. 



1. South Australia (J. Gould: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 1. South Australia, Dec. Gould Coll. 



rc.j. 



'0.1 



Ptilotis chrysops (Lath.). 



Ptilotis chrysops, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 521 (1865) ; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 236 (1884) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 207, pi. xii. fig. 16 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 82 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8? Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 392, pi. 14 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 82 (1906). 



The eggs of the Yellow-faced Honey-eater vary from a narrow 

 to a broad oval shape and are moderately glossy. They are of a 

 pinkish cream-colour, freckled, spotted or blotched, generally more 

 densely at the broad end than elsewhere, with various shades of red, 

 ranging from light chestnut to deep purplish-red, and with lavender 

 or lilac. The markings are often gathered into a broad confluent 

 zone at the broad end, the remainder of the shell being sparingly 

 spotted ; while, in some cases, they are evenly spread over the entire 

 surface of the egg. Specimens measure from *77 to '84 in length, 

 and from -55 to -01 in breadth. 



2. Cape York, X. Queensland (J. Crowley Bequest. 



MacGillivray : Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Xew South Wales, 17th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(J. Gould). 

 1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



