50 MEIEPHAGID^. 



Genus ANTHOEKIS, Gray. 



Anthornis melanura {Sparrm.). 



(Plate II. figs. 15 & 20.) 



Anthornis melanura, Potts, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. ii. p. 56 (1869) ; iii. 

 p. 72 (1870) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 255 (1884) ; Beischeh, 

 Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. 1886, p. 186 ; Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. 

 p. 85 (1888) ; Nehrh. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 82 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 v. p. 88 (1906). 



The eggs of the New-Zealand Bell-bird are of an ordinary oval 

 shape and quite devoid of gloss. They vary from white to piakish- 

 white, and are marked, chiefly at the broad end, with spots 

 and blotches of different shades of red, varying from brick-red to 

 pale lilac-red. On some specimens the markings are small and 

 widely-scattered ; on others, they consist of large blotches, which 

 are sometimes confluent and form a large cap at the broad end.- 

 Examples measure from "84 to -95 in length, and from "65 to •^ 

 in breadth. 



1. New Zealand {Tristram CoU.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. New Zealand. W. Eadclifl'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 5. New Zealand. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



5. New Zealand. Dr. K T. "Wharton [P.]. 



2. New Zealand (H. O. Forbes). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Blue Cliffs, N.Z., 26th Jan. {J. R. Crowley Bequest. 



Cook: Tristram Coll.). 



1. Christohurch, N.Z. Capt. R. Snow [P.]. 



3. Otago, N.Z. {E. P. Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 



Anthornis melanocephala, Gray. 



(Plate II. figs. 16 & 17.) 



Anthornis melanocephala, Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2iid ed. i p 92 fl888) • 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ^. T^. S& {1%QQ). r \ ;, 



Eggs of the Chatham-Island Bell-bird are of a regular oval form 

 and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour varies from pale 

 pinkish-white to pale pink, and the markings of sienna or purplish- 

 red, usually in the form of clouded blotches, are mostly confined 

 to the larger end of the shell, but in one example (fig. 16) the 

 markings are more in the form of spots. They measure from 

 I'Ol to 1*06 in length, and from -69 to -76 in breadth. 



2. Chatham Islands (Field Coll.). W. Badclifie Saunders, Esq. 

 2. Chatham Islands {Held Coll). W. liadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 1. Chatham Islands. Crowley Bequest. 



