222 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



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85. Myzomela jugularis Peale. 



Myzomela jugularis Peale, U. S. explor. exped., 1848, 8, p. 150. (Feejee Islands). 



Three males and one other specimen with sex not marked were 

 secured on Kambara, 7 December, and two mummies taken 16 Decem- 

 ber, were preserved from Viti Levu. Both locaUties are in the Fiji 

 Group. Birds from Kambara are sUghtly larger than specimens 

 from other localities, but the series available is too small to show 

 reliable differences between insular forms. 



Measurements of specimens with sex indicated are as follows: — 



No. Sex Locality Wing Tail _ , Tarsus 



Culmen 



M. C.Z. 81,987 (U.S.N.M. 212,420) d' Kambara 58.0 38.0 16.5 17.0 



212,421 (f " 60.0 37.0 16.5 17.5 



M. C. Z. 81,988 ( " 212,422) d" " 60.0 39.0 17.0 17.5 



86. Meliphaga carunculata (Gmelin). 

 Cerihia carunculata Gmelin, Syst. nat., 1788, 1, pt. 1, p. 472. (Tongatabu). 



Eleven specimens of this species were collected. The localities 

 and dates of collection are as follows : — two males, one female, and 

 one bird with sex not indicated from Eua, 28 November; two males 

 from Tongatabu, 30 November; three males and one female from 

 Nomuka, 2 December, all from the Tonga Group, and an immature 

 bird from Upolu, Samoan Islands, with sex and date not marked. 

 The specimens from the Tonga Islands seem very uniform. Birds 

 from Nomuka are slightly larger than the others, though in very 

 worn plumage. Two specimens from Eua are immature birds in 

 fresh bright plumage. The specimen from Upolu is not yet fully 

 grown. In it the cheek wattles are small, and the head is paler than 

 in others. 



Measurements of these birds follow : — 



