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3. Ciiiiii/ris M/iiris exqiiigita : Mil longest, Ijack washed with golden brown, 

 axillary tnfts orange-yellow (very different from those of degp.ner), flanks orange 

 with an olive wash. The femalrs nndernea<:h bright yellow, with an orange 

 tinge on tlie breast and centre of the abdomen, under tail-coverts of the brightest 

 yellow ; the females of C. s. degener are underneath sulphnr-yellow, with a faint 

 greenish tinge. (Of C.s. Solaris the Triug Mnsenra has m females.) Cinnyris 

 Solaris exqiiisita inhabits Wetter. 



MELIPHAGIDAE. 

 l~'l. Myzomela kuehni Rotbsch. (PI. X. Nok. Zool. vol. x.) 



M,j:oinela kui-hiii Rothschild, liiill. B. 0. C. p. 42, February 1903 (Wetter) ; Noo. Zoo!. 1903, p. 219. 

 13 c??, Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5479—5481, 5568—5570, 

 5692 — 5694, and four without numbers.) 



IL'2. Stigmatops notabilis Finsch. 



Stigmatops notabilis Finsch, yotes Lei/den Mas. xx. p. 130 (1808 : Wetter) ; id. .Votes Leyden Mus. 

 xxii. p. 271, pi. iv. 4. 



6c?(?,l ?,Wetter, September 1902. (Nos. 5792-5797, 5831.) " Iris blackish 

 brown, feet dark grey (or dark brown in one), bill black." 



All the specimens are marked " (?," but evidently one is n. female, being 

 much smaller. Wings in the males 72-7.5,* in the females 63 mm., bill in 

 the males 15-17, in the female 13 mm. 



The only specimen heretofore known is the type in Leyden, which has been 

 preserved in spirits. The yellow is a little, but not much faded, otherwise it is 

 in perfect coloration. 



123. Stigmatops squamata Salvad. 



Stlgmalops squamata Salvadori, Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 837 (1878 ; Koer, Mus. Leyden) ; 

 Finsch, Notes Leyde.u Mus. xxii. p. 270 (Wetter and Babber). 



A series from Wetter and Roma seems to be perfectly similar to S. squamata 

 squamata, and that is also shown by Dr. Finsch's measurements of Wetter birds. 

 This distribution is most peculiar, since the birds from Moa and Letti seem 

 to be distinctly smaller and mostly indistinguishable from the small Tenimber 

 race, (S. squamata salradorii ? 



2 ? ad., 2 .^c? I ? immat. Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 5683, 5732—5735.) 

 16 (? ? ad., 9 cJ ? immat. Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5060—5070, 

 5160, and thirteen without numbers.) 



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124. Stigmatops squamata subspec. ? 



? Stigmatops salvadorii Meyer, Zeitschr. Gcs. Orn. 1884, p. 217 (Timorlaut). 

 Stigmatops kebirensis Meyer, t.c. p. 218 (Babber). 



While most of the specimens from Moa and Letti are as small and partly 

 even smaller than salcadorii, some, and especially those from Wetan, near Babber, 

 are partly as large as squamata, partly intermediate between squamata and 

 salcadorn. It is therefore difficult to come to a firm conclusion. Geographically 

 we might expect— since it is certain that the Timorlaut race (salcadorii) is 



Dr. Finsch gives the wing as IG.S mm. Tliis must be a misprint or pen-slip. If CS was meant 

 the wing is not fully grown or exceptionally small. 



