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MELlPHASIDiB. 



type (see flg. 16), being of a short blunt oval form and somewhat 

 glossy. The ground-colour is of a light brick- colour, and the 

 markings of light red and lilac are mostly confined to the large end. 

 Both eggs measure "95 by "7. 



2. North Australia, 1 9th & 20th July. 

 2. Port Essington, North Australia. 



T. Carter, Es^. [C.]. 

 GouG Coll. 



Genus ACANTHOCH.a:RA, Vig. Sf Horsf. 



Acanthochaera carunculata {Lath.). 



Authochsera carunculata, Qauld, Hnndb. Birds Austr. i. p. 538. 

 Acanthoehsera carunculata, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 263 (1884) ; 



North, Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 215, pi. xii. fig. 5 (1889) ; 



Nehrh. Kat. Mersamrrd. p. 83 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs 



Austr. Birds, i. p. 423, pi. 14 (1901) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 89 



(1906). 



The eggs of the Red-wattled Honey-eater are of a regular oval 

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

 spotted and blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with chestnut or deep 

 purplish-red and underlying lavender. The markings often form a 

 zone or small irregular cap at the broad end. Specimens measure 

 from 1-16 to 1-3 in length, and from -83 to -92 in breadth. 



3. Australia. 



2. Australia. 



2. West Australia. 



2. West Australia. 



1 . West Australia. 



1. Swan River, W. Australia, Nov. 

 (Tristram Coll.). 



1. South Australia. 



2. South Australia. 

 2. South Australia. 



4. Nairn, near Adelaide. 

 2. Nairn, 21 st Dec. 



1. Gippslaud, Victoria. 



2. Werrihee, Victoria, 20th Nov. 



{G.French). 



2. Frankstone, Victoria, Srd Nov. 



{A. J. North). 



3. Hastings, West Point, Victoria, 



5th Oct. {A. J. N.). 



1. Tass River, New South Wales 



{E.P.Mamsay: Tristram Coll.), 



2. Queensland. 

 1. Queensland. 

 1. Queensland. 



W. Radcliife Saunders, Esq. 



■[P.].' 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.]. 



E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.l 



P. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.O. 



[P-]- 

 W. Radchife Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Cowley Bequest. 



T. Carter, Esq, 

 T. Carter, Esq, 

 T. Carter, Esq, 



• [c.]. 



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