42 MBLIPHAGID^. 



Ptilotis sharpei, Boihsch. ^ Hartert. 



(Plate II. fig. 18.) 



Ptilotis analoga, Nehrh. {nee Seic/ienb.) Kat. Mersamml. p. 81, pi. iii. 



Ptilotif'arueiisis sharpei, Sothseh. 8r Hartert, Nov. Zool. x. p. 442 (1903). 

 Ptilotis sharpei, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 80 (1906). 



An egg of Sharpe's Honey-eater is indistinguishable from that of 

 P. analoga ; it measures -91 by -68. 

 1. Fergusson Island, 12th December. Mr. A. S. Meek [0.]. 



Ptilotis fusca (Oould). 



Ptilotis fusca, Mamsay, Trans. Phil. Soc. N. S. W. 1865, p. 321, pi. i. 

 flff.4: Gould, Kandh. Birds Austr. i. p. 520 (1865); Gadow, Cat. 

 Sirds B. M. ix. p. 229 (1884) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p 206 (1889) ; Nehrh. Kat. Mersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 

 I- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 385 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 81 

 (1906). 



Eggs of the Fuscous Honey-eater are of a regular oval form and 

 somewhat glossy. They are of a rich pinkish-buff colour, spotted 

 all over, but rather sparingly, with pale pinkish-red and faint lilac. 

 They measure from -76 to -8 in length, and from -57 to -6 in 

 breadth. 



1 Dawson Eiver, Queensland, Crowley Bequest. 



13th Aug. (North Coll.). 



2. New South Wales {E. P. Mamsay). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest'. 



Ptilotis chrysotls. Lath. 



Ptilotis lewinii, Gould, Eandh. Birds Austr. i. p. 503 (1865) ; Ramsay, 



P. Z. S. 1875, p. 595 : Gadoio, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 229 (1884) ; 



North, Nests 8f Eggs 'Austr. Birds, p. 199, pi . xiii. fig. 1 (1889) ; 



Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. 



A>(Zs, i. p. 386, pi. 14(1901). 

 Ptilotis chrysotis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 81 (1906). 



An egg of Lewin's Honey-eater is of a regular oval shape and 

 almost devoid of gloss. It is pinkish-white, spotted, chiefly at the 

 broad end, with deep purplish-brown and lilac. It measures 1"0 

 by -73. 



1. New South Wales (JFifoora). Gould CoU. 



Ptilotis provocator, Layard. 



(Plate II. fig. 2.) 



Ptilotis provocator, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 28 ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 ix. p. 230 (1884) ; Nehi-h. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 81 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Randal, v. p. 81 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Kandavu Honey-eater closely resemble that of 



