298 COIEEBIDTR. 



Eiglossa albilateralis, Lafr. 



(Plate XIII. fig. 18.) 



Diglossa albilateralis, Sd. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 496; Sd. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xi. p. 9 (1886); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 94 (1899); 

 Sharpe, I£mid-l. v. p. 346 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 323 

 (1910). 



The eggs of the White-sided Sugar-bird are of a blunt oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss. They are pale blue thickly spotted. and 

 blotched, especially towards the larger end of the egg where the 

 markings become confluent, with dull reddish-browu and lilac- 

 gre}'. Five examples measure respectively : '73 by "S-l ; "71 by 

 •5 ; -7 by -5.; -68 by -5 ; -63 by '5. 



2. Santa Elena, Autioquia, U.S. Sahin-Godman Coll. 

 Colombia ( T. K. Salmon) . 



1. Santa Elena (r. -K: «.). Salvin-Qodman Coll. 



2. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



Diglossa personata (Fraser). 



Diglossa personata, Sd. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 496, pi. xlii. fig. 1 ; Scl. 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 10 (1886) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 94 

 (1899), & p. 323 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 346 (1909). 



The eggs of the Masked Sugar-bird are of a broad oval form 

 and devoid of gloss. They are pale greenish-blue, spotted and 

 blotched, sometimes densely and especially at the larger end where 

 the markings form a zone or cap, with dull reddish-brown and 

 lilac, five examples measure respectively : '81 by "58 ; "8 by "6; 

 •79 by -59 ; -79 by -6 ; and -79 by -58. 



2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (T. K. Salmon). 



2. SantaElena(r. /C «.). ■ Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus DIGLOSSOPIS, Sdaier. 



Siglossopis cserulesceus, Sclater. 



(Plate XIII. fig. 16.) 



DJglossopis CEerulescens, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 496 : Sd. Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xi. p. 11 (1886) [part] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 94 (1899), & p. 323 (1910) ; Sharjje, Hand-l. v. p. 847 (1909). 



The eggs of the Blue Sugar-bird are of a blunt oval shape 

 and without gloss. They are greenish-white, thickly mottled and 

 streaked with pale reddish-brown and lavender. The markings 

 are distributed over the entire shell, but are more dense at the 



