54 MELIPHAGID^l. 



type (see fig. 16), being of a short blunt oval form and somewhat 

 glossy. The ground-colour is of a light brick- colour, and the 

 markings of light red and lilac are mostly confined to the large end. 

 Both eggs measure *95 by ! 7. 



2. North Australia, 1 9th & 20th July. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Port Essington, North Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus ACANTHOCHJERA, Vig. <3f Horsf. 

 Acanthochsera carunculata (Lath.). 



Anthochsera carunculata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 538. 

 Acanthochsera carunculata, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 263 (1884) ; 



North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 215, pi. xii. n<r. 5 (1889) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiermmml. p. 83 (1899) j Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs 



Austr. Birds, i. p. 423. pi. 14 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 89 



(1906). 



The eggs of the Bed-wattled Honey-eater are of a regular oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are of a pale salmon-pink colour, 

 spotted and blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with chestnut or deep 

 purplish-red and underlying lavender. The markings often form a 

 zone or small irregular cap at the broad end. Specimens measure 

 from 1*15 to 1/3 in length, and from '83 to '92 in breadth. 



3. Australia. W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Swan River, W. Australia, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 

 (Tristram Coll.}. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 

 2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



4. Nairn, near Adelaide. E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.]. 

 2. Nairn, 21st Dec. E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.'j. 



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



[P.]. 



2. Werribee, Victoria, 20th Nov. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(G.French}. [P.]. 



2. Frankstone, Victoria, 3rd Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



3. Hastings, West Point, Victoria, Crowley Bequest. 



5th Oct. (A. J:N.}. 



1. Tass River, New South Wales Cowley Bequest. 



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



2. Queensland. T. Carter, Esq. [C." 

 1. Queensland. T. Carter, Esq. [C" 

 1. Queensland. T. Carter, Esq. [C. 



