MElIOENia.'^ 40 



Meliornis longirostris {Oould). 

 (Plate II. fig. 4.) 



Meliornis longirostris, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 488 (1865) • 

 Gadoto, Cat Birds B. M. ix. p. 254 (1884) ; North, Nests ^Eggs 

 Austr. Btrds,^ 192 (1889) ; Nehrk Kat. Ei^samml. p. 82 (ISgf 

 SJmrpe, Hand-l. y. p. 87 (1906). ^ ^ ' ' 



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The eggs of the Long-billed Honey-eater are of a rather broad 

 oval orm and devoid of gloss. They are of a creamy-buff colour, 

 speckled, chiefly in the shape of a zone round the broad end, with 

 pOTphsh-red and lavender. Four examples measure respectively : 

 ■to by -58 ; -75 by -59 ; -75 by -6 ; 77 by -57. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. West Australia. / Gould Coll. 



Meliornis sericea (Gould). 



Meliphaga sericea, Thien. Fortpjlanz. qes. Fog. tab. xvi. fig. 5 (1845-64). 



Mehomia serioea, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. ^90 (1865) ; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 264 (1884) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 193, pi. xii. fig. 19 (1889); Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, i. p. 414 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 88 (1906). 



Two eggs of the White-cheeked Honey-eater are of a regular 

 6val shape and very slightly glossy. They are pale cream-colour, 

 speckled, chiefly at the broad end, with reddish-brown and lUac-red. 

 They measure respectively : -8 by •& ; -77 by -6. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



Meliornis mystacalis (Gould). 



Meliphaga mystacalis, Thien. Fortpjian&.ges. Vog. tab. xvi. fig. 6 (1845-54). 



Meliornis mystacalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 491 (1865) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 265 (1884) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 194 (1889); Campbell, Nests S; Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 i. p. 415 (1901) ; iSharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 88 (1906). 



The two eggs of the Moustached Honey-eater in the Collection 

 are of a rather broad oval shape and slightly glossy. They are of 

 a pale cream-colour, marked, chiefly at the broad end, with specks 

 and spots of reddish-brown or deep chocolate-brown and underlying 

 lilac. They measure respectively : '78 by "Gl ; '8 by '6. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



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