Q DICiEIDJ!. 



Eggs of tte Scarlet-backod Flower-pecker are ^i ^jo^^^^'^f^ 

 shaplfplain white and without any gloBS. They vary from 5o 

 •58 in length, and from -38 to -42 in breadth. 



1. Dihrugarh, Assam, 24th May (/.^. Hume CoU. 



2. PeS'S-April (-E- W^- 0»M- ^^^^^ S°j^ 

 o TJaS.,, OfV, A^ril f:E W 0.). Oatea OoU. 



I: Pe|«: IsthX^/k 0.). Crowley Bequest. 



Dicseum nigrimentum, Salvad. 

 DicEeum nigrimentum, -SAar^e, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 17 (1885) ; jU, 

 Sand-l. V. p. 21 (1906). 

 Three eggs of the Black-chinned Flower-pecker are uniform 

 white and of an elongate oval form. They measure from -5^ to 

 •58 in length, and from •SQ to -i in breadth. 



3. Singapore, 10th March {J. White- Crowley Bequest. 



head). 



Dicseum Mrundinaceum {Shaw). 



Dicffium Mrundinaceum, Oould, Sandb. Birds Amtr. i. p. 681 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 19 (1885) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 236 (1889) ; Campbett, Nests Sf Eggs Ausir. Birds, 

 i. p. 437 (1901) ; Sharpe, Rand-l. v. p. 22 (1906). 



The eggs of the Swallow Flower-pecker are of an elongate oval 

 form, slightly glossy and plain w^hite. They measure from -64 to 

 •7 in length, and from -43 to -5 in breadth. 



6. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



3. South Australia ((?. F. Angus). Gould Coll. 



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



Dicseum hsematostictum, Sharpe. 



DicBBum hrematostictum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 35 (1885) ; 

 Ogihne-Grant §• Whitehead, Ibis, 1896, p. 658 ; 1898, p. 243, pi. vi. 

 fig. 2 ; Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 25 (1906). 



An egg of the Blood-breasted Flower-pecker is of a regular oval 

 shape, without any gloss. It is pale greenish-white, spotted and 

 blotched with pale olive-brown and clouded with lilac-grey. The 

 markings are chiefly confined to the larger end of the egg. It 

 measures ^65 by ^49. 



1. Oanloan Volcano, Central Negros, J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 Philippine Islands, 19th March. 



Dicseum trigonostigma {Scop.). 



Dicseum trigonostigma. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 848 ; id., Cat. Birds 

 B. M. X. p. 38 (;i885) ; Nekrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 84 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Eand-l. v. p. 26 (1906). 



