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57 — 06 mm. long. Specimens from New (liiiiiea ;ire probably not separable from 

 .1/. nigrita nigrita. lu 18T1) Salvador! named a much larger form from Miosuom 

 and Jobi .1/. pliito. It has the wiufr (K> — 67 mm. long. Mr. Meek has sent a series 

 from Sndest Island. These stand between M. nigrita nigrita and .1/. nigrita jilato, 

 the wings being 6:i— 'i;! mm. long. The /ewa/es of these forms do not differ, except 

 ill the same way in size. 



M. pammelaena from the Admiralty Islands, M. tristrami from the iSolomons, 

 and M. ramsayi from Kajiateioiiir, are probably all different subspecies of M. nigrita. 



^U. Zosterops meeki >p. uov. 



S ? ad. Forehead to middle of crown, lores, subocnlar region, and ear-coverts 

 dusky black, the latter shading off into the olive-grecu colour of the upperside, 

 which again shades off into the olive-yellow rnrnji and upper tail-coverts. Hectrices 

 brownish black, inner webs very narrowly edged with whitish. Broad ring round 

 eyes white. Ill-defined malar sfrijie sulplinr-yellow. Remainder of under surface 

 uniform white, with a hardly perceptible faint huffy tinge. Vent and under tail- 

 coverts yellow. Hemiges brownish black, outer webs edged with olive-green, 

 innermost secondaries wholly olive-green like the wing-coverts. Under wing-coverts 

 white, inner webs of remigcs edged with white towards bases. " Iris brown; bill slaty 

 black ; feet bluish slate-colouv." Total length about M.'), wing 59 — W, tail 39 — 40, 

 culmeii from base 13'5 mm. 



One pair from Sudest. Sexes alike. 



This interesting new species differs from Z. dclieatula Sharpe, which is probably 

 one of its nearest allies, in havinu- the throat white instead of yellow, the sides 

 of the breast white, not greyish, the rnnij) iind upper tail-coverts ligiiter ainl more 

 yellowish. 



■^1. Cinuyris christiauae Tristr. 

 Three iiioli's from Sudest agree entirely with typical specimens from St. Aigiiau. 



■-'■-;. Dicaeum nitidum Tristr. {//;/.», 18.s9, ji. 555). 



S ud. ' riiwn dark bur>;nn(ly-red, reniainder of upper surface dark olive-green 

 with a metallic gloss, scapulars ami upj)er wiiig-eoverts dark steely green with a 

 strong gloss. Lower rump and upper tail-coverts crimson. Sides of head greenish 

 olive. Chin and ujiper throat pale buffy yellow, throat with a large crimson patch. 

 Breast yellowish olive, more yellow in the middle of the abdomen and on the under 

 tail-coverts. Under wing-coverts and inner eilges of (piills white. ^\ ing 57 — 5.^, 

 tail 3lt, culmen from base 10, tarsus 1-' — 1:5 mm. ? ad. Like the /««/«, but smaller 

 and without the red patch on the throat. Wing 53, tail 24 mm. There is. 

 further, a specimen marked " young /mafe " ; but this seems to be a lapsus calami 

 for ''young male." Its wing measures 55 mm., and there is a small jiale red spot on 

 the throat. This species has the " iris brown ; bill vandyke-brown ; feet black." 



2:*.. CoUocalia fuciphaga (Thiinb). 

 Three »«"/(•.< and one /?;/«"/(■. Wing V \22,6id llS- 124 mm. 



