viii aitthoe's peepace. 



to the collection of eggs, as well as the recognition in the Hand-list 

 of many more species aiid snb-species, has made it necessary to 

 rewrite almost the whole volume. 



* 

 The total number of species dealt with in the present volume is 

 1117, and the number of eggs catalogued 19,283, as shown in the 



following table ': — 



No. of specimens 

 Family. No. of species. of eggs. 



Zosteropidfe 20 186 



DicaeidiB ■ 17 103 



NectariniidiB 4S 281 



Meliphagidse 70 546 



MniotiltidEE 38 338 



Motaoillidse 59 2292 



Alaudidte 85 1278 



Fringillidfe 297 6296 



Ccerebidffi 13 48 



Tanagridoe 47 1 74 



Ploceidas 130 2093 



Icterida; 73 1074 



Sturnidae 33 888 



Eulabetidas '>3> 183 



Oriolirlfo. 14 242 



Dicruridoe 18 505 



Paradiseidse 15 24 



Corvida; 110 2704 



StreperidsB 7 28 



Total.... 1117 19,283 



lOtli August, 1912. 



W. E. OGILVIE-GllANT. 



