PTTLOTIS. 45 



Ptilotis auricomis {Lath.). 

 Ptiloti8 ^m-icomh Samsai/, Ibis, 1864, p. 248; Gmld, Handb. Birds 

 Qoo'" ?■ -1 (^®'^^' ' -Kamsay, TraMs. PSA 8oc. N. S. W. 1865, 

 P»V .r'£ '• fS' 5; GarfoM), Cat. Birds 5. ilf. ix. p. 242 (1884); 

 Aort^, iVesifs c^' Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 203, pi. xii. fig.' 14 (1889) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Mersamml. p. 82 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests % Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, 1. p. 398, pi. 14 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 82 (1906). 



The eggs of the Yellow-tufted Honey-eater are of a broad oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are of a pinkish flesh-colour, 

 speckled and spotted, chiefly at the broad end, with chestnut-red or 

 purplish-red and lavender. On some specimens the markings 

 form a zone rouud the broad end ; on others they form an ill-defined 

 cap. Examples measure from -82 to -9 in length, and from -63 to 

 •68 in breadth. 



3. New South Wales {E. P. Bamsay). Gould Coll. 

 3. New South Wales {E. P. R.). Gould Coll. 



1. New South Wales, July {Sir D. Gould Coll. 



Coojjer). 



2. Canterbury, N.S.W., SOth Oct. Crowley Beq^uest. 



[with an egg of Cuculus palli- 

 dus {cf. Cat. Birds' Eggs B. M. 

 iii.p..ll4, 1903)]. 

 2. Dobroyd, N.S.W., 30th July Crowley Bequest. 



(E. P. M. : Tristram Coll.). 



1. Dobroyd {E. P. S. : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Dobroyd {E. P. R.). Crowley Bequest. 



8. Roseville, N.S.W., 24th Sept. A. J. North, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Sandhurst, Victoria, 19th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 



Ptilotis cratitia, Oould. 



Ptilotis cratitia, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 243 (1884) ; Campbell, 

 Nests 8r Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 401 (1901) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. v. 

 p. 83 (1906). 



The two eggs of the Wattled-cheeked Honey-eater collected by 

 Jlr. T. Carter difier from those described by Mr. Campbell in having 

 the ground-colour pinkish-buff and salmon-colour respectively, 

 instead of white. Both eggs are sparingly and finely spotted with 

 reddish-brown and purplish-grey, the markings being most numerous 

 round the larger end, where they form an irregular cap or zone. 

 They measure respectively : '76 by -Sd and '78 by -55. 



2. South Australia. - T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 



Ptilotis ornata, GouM. 



Ptilotis ornata, Gould, Sandb. Birds Austr. i. p. 515 (1865) ; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 244 (1884) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 204 (1889); Nehrk Kat. Eiersamml. p. 82 (1899); 

 Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 406, pi. 14 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 83 (1906). 



