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MElIPHAGIDiE. 



Manorhina garrula, Cadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 2C0 (1884) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersmnml. p. 82 (1899). 

 Mvzantha (Manorhina.) garrula, Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Attstr. Birds, i. 



p. 420, pi. 14 (1901). 



The eggs of the Garrulous Honey-eater vary in shape from 

 narrow to hroad oval and they are slightly glossy. They are cream- 

 coloured, profusely spotted and blotched Vith rich chestnut and 

 purplish-grey. The disposition of the markings varies considerably. 

 On some specimens they are large and crowded together over 

 the broader half, where they form a dense cap ; on others, they 

 axe smaller and pretty evenly distributed over the entire shell. 

 Examples measure from "95 to 1'22 in length, and from "71 to -82 in 

 breadth. 



4. Australia. 



Dobroyd, New South Wales (E. P. 

 Ramsay : Tristram Coll.). 



Maequarie Fields, N.S. W., October 

 (E. P. M. : Tristram Coll.). 



Bogan River, N.S.W., 18th Sep- 

 tember {A. J. North). 



Victoria. 



Gippsland, Victoria. 



3. Oakleigh, Victoria, November. 



3. Hastings, Western Point, Victoria, 



19th November {A. J. N.) 



4. South Australia. 



3. South Australia. 



2. South Avistralia. 



4. South Australia. 



3. Tasmania. 

 3. Tasmania. 

 3. Tasmania. 

 2. Tasmania. 

 2. Tasmania. 



W. Radcliife Sa,unders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Gould Collection. 



E. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.C. 



[PJ. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould CoU. 

 Gould ColL 

 Gould Coll. 



Myzantha obscura, Oould. 



Myzantha obscura, Oould, Bandb. Birds Austr. i. p. S76 (18C5) • North 



Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 230 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-lv. p. 89 



(1906). 

 Manorhina obscura, Oadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 260 (1884) • Nehrh 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 82 (1899). v ^ > 



Myzantha (Manorhina) obscura, Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr Birds \ 



p. 421, pi. 14 (1901). ■ ' 



The eggs of the Sombre Honey-eater are of a rather broad oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are of a rich salmon-pink colour 

 blotched and clouded with pale purplish-red and grey. They measure 

 from -92 to 1-06 in length, and from -74 to -78 in breadth 



