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zone round the larger end, consist of purplish-grey blotches and 

 irregular dark-brown spots and scrolls. It measures '61 by '41. 



1. Witu, British East Africa Crowley Bequest. 



(Ktater Coll.). 



Cinnyris notatus (P. L. S. Mull.). 



Cinnyris notatus, Shelley, Monngr. Nect. p. 195 (1876-80) ; Oadmv, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. ix. p. 54 (1884) ; Nehrk. Kat. Mersamml p. 76 (1899) ; 

 Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 39 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 44 (1906). 



An egg of the Madagascar Sun-bird has the ground-colour 

 yellowish-white, indistinctly mottled all over with dull lilac-grey 

 and darker j'ellowish-brown markings. It measures '8 by "55 

 (approximately). 



1. S.E. Madagascar, 4th December Crowley Bequest. 

 ( W. Deans Cowan). 



Cinnyris habessinicus {H. Sf E.). 



(Plate I. fig. 5.) 



Cinnyris habessinicus, Shelley, Monogr. Ned. p. 205 (1876-80) ; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 62 (1884); Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 46 

 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 45 (1906). 



Eggs of the Abyssinian Sun-bird are of an oval or somewhat 

 pointed oval shape and moderately gloss}'. The three eggs in the 

 Collection are of two somewhat different types : two examples from 

 El Toki have the ground-colour pale blue, marked all over with 

 minute but somewhat scattered dots of grey and reddish-brown ; 

 in the other one, from Eoseires, the ground-colour is pale greenish- 

 white, indistinctly mottled all over with greyish and pale yellowish- 

 brown. Two examples measure respectively -Ql by '42 and 

 •75 by "S. 



1. Koseires, Blue Nile, September. Major H. N. Dunn [P.]. 



2. El Toki, Hawash Valley. Sir Alfred E. Pease, Bart. [P.]. 



Cinnyris erythrocerius {Heugl.). 



Cinnyris erythrocerius, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 209 (1876-80) ; Gadoto, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 44 (1884) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 49 

 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 45 (1906). 



Three eggs of Heuglin's Wedge-tailed Sun-bird are of a rather 

 pointed oval form, with little or no gloss ; the ground-colour is 

 generally pale greenish-white, more or less thickly blotched and 

 mottled with pale grey and pale yellowish-brown. In one example 

 the grey blotches are much larger, and large portions of the shell 



