PTILOTIS. 41 



Ptilotis analoga, Reieherib. 



Ptilotis analoga, Oadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 227 (1884) [part.]: 



Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 80 (1906). 

 Ptilotis notata, North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 209, pi. xiii. fig. 4 

 (1889) ; Le Souef, Ibis, 1898, p. 68 ; Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. 



Birds, i. p. 383 (1901). 



The eggs of the Yellow-spotted Honey-eater vary from a narrow 

 to a broad oval shape and are moderately glossy. They are white, 

 spotted and blotched with dark umber-brown or deep chocolate- 

 brown. The markings are generally few in number and confined 

 chiefly to the ^road end of the egg. In two examples, however, 

 in the Collection they are evenly spread over the whole shell, and 

 are intermingled with other spots of underlying pale lavender. 

 They measure from -88 to "91 in length, and from '65 to -7 in 

 breadth. 



1. Albany Island, N. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Somerset, N. Australia, 26th Oct. D. Le Souef, Esq. [P.]. 

 2. Cape York, N. Australia. Capt. Owen Stanley [P.]. 

 1. Cape York. Capt. Owen Stanley [P. J. 

 1. Queensland, 24th Dec. T. Carter, Esq. 

 1. Queensland, 22th Nov. T. Carter, Esq. 



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Ptilotis orientalis, A. B. Meyer. 



(Plate II. fig. 19.) 



Ptilotis orientalis, Meyer. J.f. O. 1894, p. 92 j Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 80 

 (1906). 



Two eggs of Meyer's YeUow-spotted Honey-eater are of a 

 blunt oval form and sonnewhat glossy ; the ground-colour is pale 

 pinkish-white, marked, chiefly in a zone round the broad end, with 

 spots of rich brownish-red and lavender. They measure respectively 

 ■83 by -6 and -85 by -61. 



2. Sariba Island, British New Guinea, C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 

 6th October. 



Ptilotis gracilis, Oculd. 



Ptilotis analoga, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 227 (1884) [part.]. 



Ptilotis gracilis, Le Souef, Ibis, 1898, p. 56, pi. i. ; 1900, p. 615 ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests 8r Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 384 (1901); Sharpe, Sand-l. 

 V. p. 80 (1906). 



The eggs of the Lesser Tellow-spotted Honey-eater are of a blunt 

 oval form and very glossy. Two examples are of a salmon-pink 

 colour, turning to sienna-pink at the broad end, and spotted at that 

 part with rich chestnut and lavender. Both eggs measure -75 

 by -58. 

 2. Somerset, N. Australia, 27th Oct. D. Le Souef, Esq. [P.]. 



