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Bonaparte, in 1854,* recognized that the Red Honey-eaters from the 

 Marianne Islands differed from those found in the Carolines. However, 

 he assigned Myzomela rubratra of Lesson to birds from the Marianne 

 Group, and named the Caroline Islands birds Myzomela major. As Les- 

 sonf described his Cinnyris rubrater from "Oualan," an old name for 

 the island of Kusaie, in the eastern Carolines, Myzomela major of Bona- 

 parte becomes a synonym of of M. r. rubratra. 



* Compte Rendu, 1854, pp. 2G3-264. 

 t Diet, Sc. Nat., Vol. 50, 1827, p. 30. 



