I'TILOTIS. 4.") 



Ptilotis auricomis L 



Ptilotis auricomis, Ittnnwi/, Ibi*, 1864, p. 243; Gould, Handb. Birds 

 Austr. \. p. 311 (1805) : 7iW,sw/, Tnm*. Phil. Soc. N. S. W. 1865, 

 p. 322, pi. i. fig. 5; Gadow, <'L Ilinl* li. M. ix. p. 242 (1884); 

 North, Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 203, pi. xii. fig. 14 (1889) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Etersamml. p. 82 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, i. p. 398, pi. 14 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 82 (1906). 



The eggs of the Yellow-tufted Honey-eater are of a broad oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are of a pinkish flesh-colour, 

 speckled and spotted, chiefly at the broad end, with chestnut-red or 

 purplish-red and lavender. On some specimens the markings 

 form a zone round the broad end ; on others they form an ill-defined 

 cap. Examples measure from -82 to '9 in length, and from *63 to 

 68 in breadth. 



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

 3. New South Wales (E. P. R.}. Gould Coll. 



1. New South Wales, July (Sir D. Gould Coll. 



Cooper). 



2. Canterbury, N.S.W., 30th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



[with an egg of Cuculus palli- 

 dus (cf. Cat. Birds' Eggs B. M. 

 iii.p. 114, 1903)]. 



2. Dobroyd, N.S.W., 30th July Crowley Bequest. 



(E. P. R. : Tristram Coll.). 



1. Dobroyd (E. P. U. : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.}. 



2. Dobroyd (E. P. R.\ Crowlev Bequest. 



3. Roseville, N.S.W., 24th Sept. A. J. North, Esq. [P.]. 

 3. Sandhurst, Victoria, 19th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



Ptilotis cratitia, Gould. 



Ptilotis cratitia, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 243 (1884) ; Campbell, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 401 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 83 (1906). 



The two eggs of the Wattled-cheeked Honey-eater collected by 

 Mr. T. Carter differ from those described by Mr. Campbell in having 

 the ground-colour pinkish-buff and salmon-colour respectively, 

 instead of white. Both eggs are sparingly and finely spotted with 

 reddish-brown and purplish-grey, the markings being most numerous 

 round the larger end, where they form an irregular cap or zone. 

 They measure respectively : '76 by '56 and *78 by *55. 



2. South Australia. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 



Ptilotis ornata, Gould. 



Ptilotis ornata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 515 (1865) ; Gadow 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 244 (1884) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 204 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 82 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 406, pi. 14 (1901) 

 Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 83 (1906). 



