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Genus PROSTHEMADERA, Gray. 



Prosthemadera novae zealandiae (Gmel.}. 



Prosthemadera novae zealandiae, Walter, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 192, pi. Ivi. 

 fig. 2 ; Potts, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. ii. p. 55 (1869) ; Gadow, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. ix. p. 257 (1884) ; Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. 

 p. 94 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 82 (1899) j Sharpe, Hand-L 

 v. p. 88 (1906). 



The eggs of the Tui or Parson-bird are of a somewhat pointed oval 

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

 marked, often very sparingly, with pale rufous. The markings in 

 some specimens consist of smears and blotches ; in others, of small 

 specks and spots. They measure from 1'2 to 1-32 in length, and 

 from -8 to *85 in breadth. 



3. New Zealand. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. New Zealand. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. New Zealand. Purchased. 



1. New Zealand. Dr. H. T. Wharton [P.]. 



1. Christchurch, New Zealand. Capt. R. Snow [P.], 



2. Otago,N.Z. (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MANORHINA, VieiU. 



Manorhina melanophrys (Lath.}. 



Manorhina melanophrys, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 579 (1865) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 259 (1884) ; North, Nests # Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 231 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 82 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 416, pi. 14 (1901); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 88 (1906). 



The eggs of the Bell-Miner in the Collection are of a narrow oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. Two examples are of a pinkish flesh- 

 colour and one of a salmon-pink colour, and they are spotted with 

 chestnut or dark reddish-brown and underlying lavender. They 

 measure respectively : -91 by -6 ; -93 by '62 ; -86 by -62. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Victoria. Govt. of Victoria [P.]. 



Genus MYZANTHA, Vig. $ Horsf. 



Myzantha garrula (Lath.}. 

 (Plate III. fig. 9.) 



Meliphaga garrula, Thien. Fortpflanz.ges. Vog. tab. xvi. fig. 16 (1845-54). 

 Mvzantha garrula, Gc.uld, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 574 (1865) ; North, 



Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 229, pi. xii. fig. 2 (1889) ; Sharpe. 



Hand-l. v. p. 89 (1906). 



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