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A beautiful little Myzomela, of a uniform light carmine tint, 

 and the smallest I have seen of the genus. 



Of the Dicaeida?, Diccmm erythrothorax (Less.) is the only one 

 obtained. The pectoral spot is of a crimson hue, not yellow or 

 orange, as figured in the " Voyage of the Coquille." It appears 

 otherwise identical. 



The beautiful Sun-birds — Cinnyris A ustralis (C. frenata ?) and 

 6. aspazice — appear to be very plentiful, as numerous examples 

 were obtained. Some I find labelled from the Duke of York 

 Island ; others from New Ireland ; so I presume they are found 

 on both islands. Both species are found on the South-east coast 

 of New Guinea, and I once remember seeing a specimen said to 

 have been obtained at Cape York ; but a little cross-questioning 

 soon convinced me that the dealer who had it for sale could 

 supply one from any part of the world, if I required it. 



Of the Artamidce there is only one species in the collection — a 

 very fine and beautiful bird, allied to Artamus monachus (Bp.), 

 with the whole of the plumage white, except the head and neck, 

 and the wings and tail quills, which are dusky, almost black ; 

 under surface of wing quills, dusky ; in size it is slightly larger 

 than A. mentalis. One pair of Pitta MacMottiil was also obtained 

 on New Ireland. 



Eccccdfatoria sinensis was found, but no other species of quail 



was contained in the collection. The New Ireland bird differs 



in having only a small patch of rufous on the vent, and no streaks 



of white on the head feathers. The pigeons are especially fine and 



beautiful ; but at the same time, without works of reference, it is 



a very difficult matter to determine them correctly. Some of 



them I have been unable to recognise : they may prove varieties 



of allied forms, or most likely new species. One bird I have 



never been able to find a description of, but which I have known 



for the last six years, having had a spirit specimen of it, collected 



in 1869-70 by Captain Ferguson. This is a pigeon allied to 



Carpopliaga, but having the skull greatly enlarged under the cere, 



forming a high anteriorly-rounded protuberance at the base of the 



bill. The bird is in size and colouration almost the same as 



