C 181 ) 



Sart. (Nov. ZooL. 1898, p. 524), but more material is necessary to decide this 

 question. The wings are very little, or not at all shorter than those of G. h. 

 louisiadensis. 



T. Graucalus welchmani Tristr. 

 A series from Knlambaugra. " Iris dark reddish brown, bill and feet black." 

 One of us (Hartert) has comiiared the type from Isabel (Bugotu), which was 



kindly lent by the director of the Liverpool Museum, and did not notice any 



dift'erence between it and the Kulambangra specimens. 



S. Edoliisoma salomonis Tristr. (?) 

 Two males and a ratlier worn female from Florida, and a freshly moulted 

 female from Kulambangra (0. 3. 19U1), seem to belong to tlie same species, and are 

 apjiarently the same as Tristram's E. salomonis from Makira. Adult individuals 

 of both sexes are required to coufirm the identity of the specimens from the various 

 islands. 



9. Myzomela eichhorni sp. nov. 



c? ad. Upper surface greenish olive, crown to nape and sides of head blackish, 

 rump and upper tail-coverts scarlet. Outer aspect of wings greenish olive, the 

 remiges being deep blackish brown, edged exteriorly with greenisli olive, and 

 towards the bases of the inner webs witlr whitish. Under surface olive, a faint 

 shade lighter on the abdomen, and lightest on the under tail-coverts, feathers of 

 the whole middle of the throat somewhat narrowed, stiffened and elongated, and 

 rich scarlet. Under wing-coverts whitish with a jiale olive tinge. Tail blackish 

 brown with olive edges. " Iris dark brown, feet slate-colour, bill entirely black." 

 AVing 70 to 73 mm., tail about 53, metatarsus 19, culmen over the curve 2\ to 

 22 mm. 



? (? ad.). Much smaller, more buffy, less greenish olive, crown like back, 

 rump rusty brown, throat-patch duller red, wing about 62 mm. 



There are five l)eautiful adult males from Kulambangra, and one female, which 

 appears to be immature. 



This beautiful Mtjzomcla is named in honour of our correspondent Albert 

 Meek's able assistant and brother-in-law, Mr. Eichhorn. 



10. Myzomela dubia Rams. 



Three skins from Florida agree perfectly with a large series from Guadalcanar. 

 This sj)ecies was first described from the little island of Savo, close to and north of 

 Guadalcanar. It has been rather unfortunate with regard to its name, its synonymy 

 being as follows : 



1879. Cinni/ris (?) dul/ia, Kamsay, Proc. Linn. Sac. A'.6'. IT. iv. p. 83. 



1879. Cinn>jns melanocejjhalus, Ramsay, Nature, p. 125. (Ramsay's un- 

 scientific proceedings in publishing two papers on the same subject, in which the 

 names of a number of species do not agree (!) have sufficiently been commented upon 

 \_Jf.O. 1880, p. loo ; Jbis, 1S6II, p. 120], and we need not therefore complain about 

 this again, but we find it difficult to say which name has really first been in print. 

 C. melanocefhalus, however, is published in a mere extract of the pai)er, and dubia 

 was probably in print before in Australia. We therefore adopt the latter name.) 



1881. Cijrtostomus melanocejjhalus, iia,lwa,d. Urn. I'aj). ii. i\ 'Zti'J. (The author 



