MELIORNIS. 49 



Meliornis longirostris (Gould). 

 (Plate II. fig. 4.) 



Meliornis longirostris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 488 (1865) ; 



Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 254 (1884) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 192 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 82 (1899) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 87 (1906). 

 Meliornis novae hollandise longirostris, Campbell. Nests & Eqqs Austr. 



Birds, i. p. 413 (1901). 



The eggs of the Long-billed Honey-eater are of a rather broad 

 oval form and devoid of gloss. They are of a creamy-buff colour, 

 speckled, chiefly in the shape of a zone round the broad end, with 

 purplish-red and lavender. Four examples measure respectively : 

 75 by -58 ; 75 by -59 ; -75 by -6 ; 77 by -57. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



Meliornis sericea (Gould). 



Meliphaga sericea, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvi. fig. 5 (1845-54). 



Meliornis sericea, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 490 (1865) ; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 254 (1884) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 193, pi. xii. fig. 19 (1889); Campbell, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, i. p. 414 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 88 (1906). 



Two eggs of the White-oheeked Honey-eater are of a regular 

 oval shape and very slightly glossy. They are pale cream-colour, 

 speckled, chiefly at the broad end, with reddish-brown and lilac-red. 

 They measure respectively : -8 by *6 ; '77 by '6. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



Meliornis mystacalis (Gould). 



Meliphaga mystacalis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvi. fig. 6 (1845-54). 



Meliornis mystacalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 491 (1865) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 255 (1884) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 194 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 i. p. 415 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 88 (1906). 



The two eggs of the Moustached Honey-eater in the Collection 

 are of a rather broad oval shape and slightly glossy. They are of 

 a pale cream-colour, marked, chiefly at the broad end, with specks 

 and spots of reddish-brown or deep chocolate-brown and underlying 

 lilac. They measure respectively : '78 by '61 ; '8 by *6. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



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