BICiEUM. 9 



An egg of the Orange-bellied Hower-peeker sent by Sir Hugb 

 Low is of a pointed oval shape and devoid of gloss. It is pale 

 greenish-white, rather thickly speckled and spotted, especially at 

 the broad end, with umber-brown and dull purplish-grey. It 

 measures -62 by -42. 



1. Labuan Island, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



Dicseum cinereigulare, Tweedd. 



(Plate I. flg. 2.) 



Dicieum cinereigulare, Sharpe, Qat. Birds B.M. x. p. 40 (1885) ; Ogilvie- 

 Grant ^ Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 243; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 84 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. t. p. 27 (1906). 



The eggs of the Grey-throated Plower-pecker are of a pointed 

 oval shape, slightly glossy and plain white. They measure from 

 •59 to -62 in length, and from "42 to -45 in breadth. 



2. Samar, Philippine Islands, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.1. 

 2. Samar, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Samar, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. i C._ . 



1. Samar, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.]. 



Dicaeum chrysorrhoeum, Temm. 



DicsBum chrysorrhoeum, Sharpe, Cat, Birds B. M. x. p. 44 (1885) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 878 (1890) ; Baker, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 348 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 27 (1906). 



Eggs of the TeUow-vented Plower-peoker are of a long oval 

 shape, and duU white, devoid of gloss. They measure -6 in length, 

 and from -41 to "42 in breadth. 



2. Margherita, Assam, 16th June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



Dicseum concolor, Jerdon. 



Dicseum concolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 45 (1886) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 379 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests ^ 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 272 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 28 (1906). 



The eggs of the Nilghiri Flower-pecker are elongate ovals, 

 entirely devoid of gloss, and plain white. The average measure- 

 ment of four examples is -64 by -43. 



1. Nilghiri Hills, S. India, 19th Jan. Hume OoU. 



2. Nilghiri Hills, April. Hume Coll. 

 1. Nilghiri Hills, May. Hume Coll. 



Dicseum olivaceum, Walden. 



Dicseum inornatum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 45 (1885). 

 DicsBum olivaceum, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 380 (1890) ; 

 Baker, Ibis, 1896, p. 349 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 28 (1906). 



