collected in Dutch New Guinea. 81 



Iris hazel ; bill and feet sooty-black. 



The type of this Sun-bird was procured by Miiller at Lobe, 

 Triton Bay. 



In the present series all the birds obtained in December 

 are in moult, many having the plumage much worn ; those 

 killed in March are mostly in new plumage, but one or two 

 have not quite completed their moult. 



Only one immature bird, a female. No. 115, was procured. 



Nos. 1251 and 1253 are a pair obtained with their nest 

 containing one egg, on the 23rd of March, 1911. 



The egg is of a rather long and somewhiit pointed oval 

 shape : very slightly glossy. The ground is dull white 

 clouded and marked, especially towards the larger end where 

 the ground is entirely obscured, with several shades of brown 

 and purplish-brown and with a few small darker brown 

 spots. It measures 17*5 X 11'5 mm. 



"The Yellow-breasted Sun-bird was only seen in the mnn- 

 grove-swamps along the coast, where it was quite common. 

 Both its habits and its call resemble those of its congeners. 



" A nest, taken on the 23rd of March, 1911, was fastened 

 to a creeper some 5 feet from the ground, the material 

 being interwoven with the support for a length of nearly 

 17 inches. The actual nest, which was somewhat globular 

 and deeply cup-shaped, was composed of various kinds of 

 dead vegetation, including leaves and rootlets, and warmly 

 lined with 'thistle down.' 



" One egg only was obtained, and the clutch was evi- 

 dently not complete, as on dissection the hen was found to 

 be still laying."— C.^.^. G. 



Family DIC^IDiE. 



Dicaeum diversum. 



Dicceum geelvinkianum diversum Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. 

 X. p. 215 (1903) ; van Oort, p. 98 (1909) ; Roths. & Hartert, 

 N. Z. XX. p. 511 (1913j. 



a,b. c? ? . Wakatimi, Mimika River, 25th Nov. 3 910, 

 8th March, 1911. [Nos. 1549, G. C. S. : 1121, C. H. B. G^.] 



SER. X. — JUB.-SUPPL, 2. G 



