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short markings and serolls of deep brown, -which are mostly con- 

 'Centrated towards the larger end of the shell. The eggs measure 

 respectively -6 by •i2 aud -61 by -43, 



2. Qopta Ka Bum, S. Andamans, Orowlev Bequest. 

 SOth May (A. L. Sutler). 



Cyrtostomus jugularis (Linn.). 



Cimnyris jugularis, Shelley, Monogr. Neat. p. 161 (1876-80) ; Oadoiv, Cat. 



Swds B. M. ix. p. 84 (1884) ; Steere, List Birds 8f Mamm. PhUipp. 



p. 22 (1890) j Ogilvie-Grmit 8f Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 243 ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 77 (1809). 

 Cjrtostomus jugularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 66 (1906). 



The eggs of the Philippine Teilow-breasted Sun-bird are of a 

 regular oval shape and devoid of gloss. They are greyish-white or 

 bluish-white, smeared and blotched with pale lavender-grey and 

 apotted or mottled with deep chocolate-brown. The spots, which 

 are sparingly scattered over the surface, are of various sizes and 

 frequently blurred at the edges. Three examples measure 

 respectively: -63 by -47 ; -6 by -47 ; -65 by -48. 



2. Philippine Islands, May {E. L. Crowley Bequest. 



Moseley). 

 ■3. Marinduque, Philippine Islands, Steere Exped. 



17th May. 



Cyrtastomus frenatus {S. Mull.). 



Nectarinia australis, Gould, Sandb. Birds Austr. i. p. 584 (1865) ; 



Ramsay, Ibis, 1865, p. 85. 

 Cinnyris frenatus, SJwlley, Monogr. Nect. p. 153 (1876-80). 

 Oinnyris frenata, Gadaw, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 85 (1884); North, 



Nests <^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 232 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 78 (1899) ; MoUnson ^ Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 633 ; Campbell, 



Nests 4- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 345, pi. 13 (1901). 

 Cyrtostomus frenatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 56 (1906). 



The eggs of the Australian Yellow-breasted Sun-bird are of a 

 marrow oval shape and almost devoid of gloss.' They are pale 

 greenish-grey, mottled with brown and pale lavender. In two 

 specimens the markings form a distinct zone round the broad end ; 

 in another, an irregular cap ; and these three examples have, 

 moreover, a few black specks and lines within the zone or on the 

 cap. Four eggs measure respectively : -68 by -47 ; '68 by '49 ; 

 •63 by -43 ; .-67 by -45. 



An egg in the Crowley Collection (said to be of this species) 

 diSers greatly from the above, having the ground-colour white with 

 blotches and spots of lavender-grey and irregular streaks, scrolls, 

 and dots of deep brown, most of the markings being concentrated 

 so as to form a zone round the larger end of the shell. It measures 

 •68 by -49. 



