mums. PTILOPRORA. 47 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.C. 



2. South Australia (G. F. Anya*). Gould Coll. 



3. South Australia ((?. ^'. A.). Gould Coll. 



Ptilotis leilavalensis, North. 



Ptilotis leilavalensis, North, Rec. Austr. Mus. iii. p. 106 (1899) ; Campbell, 

 Nests $ E<ys Austr. Birds, i. p. 405 (1901) : Sharpe, Hand-l v. 

 p. 84 (1906). 



Eggs of Carter's Honey-cater vary from a perfect elliptical form 

 to a slightly elongate oval shape and are very slightly glossed ; the 

 ground-colour is white or pinkish- white, finely and sparingly spotted 

 with deep purplish-brown, reddish-brown, and lilac, the markings 

 being mostly confined to the larger end of the shell. They measure 

 from -76 to -83 in length, and from -57 to -64 in breadth. 



3. Queensland, 25th August. T. Carter, Esq. [C.I 



2. Queensland, 21st July. T. Carter, Esq. [O.J. 



Genus XANTHOTIS, Reiclienb. 

 Xanthotis lessoni, 

 (Plate II. fig. 6.) 



Ptilotis chrysotis, Gadow (nee Lath.), Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 238 



(1884). 



Xanthotis chrysotis, Gould, Birds New Guinea, iii. pi. 51 (1886). 

 Xanthotis lessoni, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 85 (1906). 



Three eggs of the Golden-eared Honey-eater taken by Mr. Weiske 

 in New Guinea are of an ordinary oval shape and devoid of all 

 gloss. They are somewhat Pitta-like in general appearance, being 

 white, rather densely speckled, spotted, and, here and there, blotched 

 with very deep blackish-brown or black and purplish-grey. They 

 measure respectively : *98 by '71 ; 1 by '73 ; 1 by '71. 



3. S.E. New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [0.]. 



Genus PTILOPRORA, De Vis. 



Ptiloprora guisei, De Vis. 



(Plate II. fig. 22.) 



Ptiloprora guisei, De Vis, Rep. Neiu Guinea, 1893-94, App. EE, p. 103 

 (1894) ; Sharpe Hand-l. v. p. 86 (1900). 



An egg of De Vis' Honey-eater is of a rather long blunt oval 

 form and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is white, 

 with small, thinly distributed spots of deep purple-brown, purplish- 

 red, and lavender, most numerous towards the larger end, several of 

 the larger markings have blurred edges. It measures '87 by -6. 



1. South-east New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [C.]. 



