. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Bulletin 109 Vol. 83 Nidification of the genus Melanocharis Sclater (Dicaeidae) by S. A. Parker Received 28th May, 1963 Mayr and Amadon (1947, p. 12), state that the nidification of the New Guinea flowerpecker genera Melanocharis, Oreocharis and Rhampho- charis is unknown. A revision of part of the egg collection in the British Museum of Natural History has brought to light the nests and eggs of two species of Melanocharis, M. nigra (Lesson) and M. striativentris Salvadori; the eggs of the latter were described by Ogilvie-Grant (1912, p. 1
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Bulletin 109 Vol. 83 Nidification of the genus Melanocharis Sclater (Dicaeidae) by S. A. Parker Received 28th May, 1963 Mayr and Amadon (1947, p. 12), state that the nidification of the New Guinea flowerpecker genera Melanocharis, Oreocharis and Rhampho- charis is unknown. A revision of part of the egg collection in the British Museum of Natural History has brought to light the nests and eggs of two species of Melanocharis, M. nigra (Lesson) and M. striativentris Salvadori; the eggs of the latter were described by Ogilvie-Grant (1912, p. 12-13). The nest and egg of M. nigra were collected in 1906 by C. Wahnes in the Sattelberg Range, Huon Peninsula, for W. Rothschild. The nest and eggs of M. striativentris were obtained by Emil Weiske during 1899-1900, at 5,000 ft. on the Aroa River, south-east New Guinea. Nests The nest of M. nigra ( No. N. ) is an exquisitely woven, unlined cup of umber-brown fern scales, smoothly rounded inside and out, and as deep as it is broad. It is built on to the lateral fork of a hori- zontal twig (which has been incorporated into the base of the nest) and covered externally, especially basally, with a thin meshing of white plant. Nest of Melanocharis nigra Sattelberg, Huon Pen. New Guinea. x 1 \ natural Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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