44 MEUPHAGIDiE. 



2. New South Wales (PTi&on). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales (^. P. Ramsay). Gould Coll 



1. New South Wales. Gould CoU. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. New Scmth Wales. Gould Coll. 



3. Dobroyd, N. S. Wales, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(E. P. P. ,- Tristram Coll.). 



1. Roseville, N. S. Wales, 24th Sept. A. J. North, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 

 3. Melbourne, Victoria. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Yaudembah, Victoria, Oct. {A. J. Crowley Bequest. 



North). 

 2. Hastings, Victoria, 23rd Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. N.). 



Ptilotis flavicoUis, Vieill. 



Ptilotis flavigula, Gould, Handb. Birds Amtr. i. p. 508 (1865). 



Ptilotis flavigularis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 239 (1884) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 82 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, 



i. p. 394 (1901). 

 Ptilotis flavicoUis, North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 201, pi. xii. 



fig. 13 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 82 (1906). 



Four eggs of the Yellow-throated Honey-eater are almost 

 elliptical in shape and very slightly glossy. They are pinkish- white, 

 speckled, chiefly at the broader end, with purplish-red and lavender. 

 They measure from -9 to -93 in length, and from '69 to -7 in breadth. 

 Two eggs, of a more pointed oval form, measure '93 in length, and 

 from '64 to "65 in breadth. 



2. Tasmania, 4th Dec. Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania, Aug. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Tasmania. Crowley Bequest. 



Ptilotis leucotis (Lath.). 



Ptilotis leucotis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 510 (1865) ; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds. B.M. ix. p. 240 (1884) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 201, pi. xiii. fig. 5 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml, p. 82 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests Sr Eggs Amtr. Birds, i. p. 396 (1901) : 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 82 (1906). 



The eggs of the White-eared Honey-eater are of a very broad 

 oval or spheroidal shape and slightly glossy. They are cream- 

 coloured, delicately spotted, chiefly at the broad end, with purplish- 

 brown and lavender. They measure from '8 to -88 in length, and 

 from '65 to '68 in. breadth. 



2. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 



1. Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Oct. W. Radcliffe Saunders. Eso 



[P.]. 

 1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.C 



[P.]. 



3. Western Port, Victoria. Crowley Bequest. 



