1Q Tuajsmx. 



Three esKs of the Plain-coloured Flower-pecker are of a rather 

 hroad oval shape, pure white, and devoid of gloss. They measure 

 from -52 to -58 in length, and from -42 to -46 m hreadth. 



1. Margherita, Assam, 15th May. E. 0. St.uart Baker Esq. [C.]. 



2. Margherita, 15th August. E. O.^Stuart Baker, Esq. [O.J. 



Dicseum erythrorhynchtim (Lath.). 



DicKum minimum. Tick.; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 574 (1879). 



Dicseum erythrorhynchum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M.x. p. 48 C1KB&) ; 



Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 86 (1889) ; v. pi. (1890) ; 



Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 381 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, 



Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 274 (1890) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 84 (1899) ; Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 28 (1906). 



Eggs of Tiokell's Flower-pecker are of a somewhat narrow 

 oval shape, and plain white, without gloss. They measure from 

 •57 to -61 in length, and from -4 to -41 in breadth. 



2. Sitapur, Oudh, 12th March (C. R. Hume Coll. 



CocK). 



3. Maunbhum, Bengal, February (iJ. Crowley Bequest. 



C.Beavan: Tristram Coll.) 



Genus PARDALOTUS, Vieill. 



Pardalotus ornatus, Temm. 

 (Plate I. fig. 3.) 



Pardalotus striatus, Temm. ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr.\. p. 161 (1865). 

 Pardalotus ornatus, Shnrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 55 (1885) ; North, 



Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 384 (1889) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 84 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 440 (1001) ; 



Sharpie, Hand-l. v. p. 29 (1906). 



The eggs of the Striated Diamond-bird vary from a narrow to a 

 broad oval or spherical shape, and exhibit a small amount of gloss. 

 They are plain white, and measure from •? to -75 in length, and 

 from "5 to -6 in breadth. 



1. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



2. Wimmera District, "Victoria., 6th Crowley Bequest. 



September (A. J. No'th). 



3. South Australia (G. F. Angas). Gould Coll. 

 2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



Pardalotus affinis, Oould, 



Pardalotus affinis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 163 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 67 (1885) ; North, Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 51 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 84 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 

 (^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 443 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 29 

 (1906). 



Four eggs of the Tellow-tipped Diamond-bird are of a broad oval 



