GLTCIPHILA CONOPOPHILA, 37 



The eggs of the White-fronted Honey-eater do not appear to be 

 in any way separable from those of Melithreptes alhigularis, described 

 above. They measure from '77 to -88 in length, and from -58 to -6 

 In breadth. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



7. South Australia. Gould CoU. 



GlycipMla modesta, Oray. 



Glyciphila subfasciata, Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 385. 



Glyciphila modesta, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 215 (1884) ; Meyer, 

 Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 288, taf xviii. figs. 7 & 8 ; North, Nests 8( 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, pp. 198, 389, pi. xiii. fig. 10 (1889) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. JEiei-samml. p. 81 (1899) ; Robinson ^ Lavei-ock, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 634; Campbell, Nests 8r Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 376, pi. 13 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 72 (1906). 



Ten eggs of the Brown-backed Honey-eater are of a rather narrow 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. They are white, sparingly marked 

 with minute, but very sharply defined specks of black. They 

 measure from -7 to '78 in length, and from -5 to -55 in breadth. 



2. Fergusson Island, British New 0. A. Barnard, Esq. [P.]. 



Guinea, 12th Oct. 



2. Herbert River, Queensland. S. Boyd, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Herbert River. S. Boyd, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Herbert River, 10th Dec. {North Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Aru Islands (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CONOPOPHILA, Reichenb. 



ConopopMla albigularis {Gould). 



(Plate II. fig. 14.) 



Conopophila albigularis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 532 (1865) ; 



S^ar^je, a■a»^t^^. V. p. 73 (1906). oin noQ.N 



Entomophiia albigularis, Gadmv, Cat. Birds B. Mxz-p 219 (1884); 

 Campbell, Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 379 (1901). 

 An egg of the White-throated Honey-eater is of a regular oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss. It is dull white, profusely speckled aU 

 over the sheU with reddish-brown and lavender. It measures -73 

 by .-51. 



1. Port Essington, Australia, (Jould Coll. 



5th Dec. ( Wilson). 



Conopophila rufigularis, Gould. 

 Entomophiia rufigularis, Gadow Cat. 5W. 5. M ix p 219 (1884) ; 



Cc^pbell, Nests <§• Eggs ^^ir-S^rds,^: P- 378, PL 13 (1901) 

 Conopophila rufigularis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 533(1865); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 73 (1906). 

 Eggs of the Eed-throated Honey-eater are simUar to those of 



