BY E. r. RAMSAY, F.L.S. 27 



This species appears to be rare, no other specimens than the 

 types having as yet come under m^- notice, the specimens obtained 

 by Lieutenant Eichards, E..N., and mentioned by Canon Tristram 

 (Ibis, 1879, p. 409) may probably belong to the next mentioned 

 species, which was obtained by Morton on Ugi ; my reason for 

 thinking them the same as the birds I named M. fn'strami, was, 

 that I believed we both obtained our specimens from exactly the 

 same source, and that the}^ were all shot at the same time and 

 place. 



By some oversight the measurement of the bill in my descrip- 

 tion of this species were omitted, they are as follows : bill from 

 forehead, 0-85 ; from nostril, 0-54 ; width at base of nostril, 0*1 in. 



46. Myzomela rAMMEL.EXA, Sclatcr. 



One specimen of a jet black Myzomela, adult male ; the entire 

 plumage black a little shining, the whole of the bill and the legs 

 black, under wing-coverts along the ulna and on the edge of the 

 shoulders black, the remainder brownish with some portions of 

 the webs whitish, margins of the inner webs of the quills towards 

 the base white. Length from the forehead 4*2 in. ; bill from the 

 forehead, 0*8, from nostril 0-55 ; wing 2-65 ; tail TO; tarsus 0'75. 



This species was observed both on Ugi and St. Christoval, 

 (^Morton.) 



47. Myzomela pulckerima, Ramsay. 



Proc, Linn. Sac, JV.S.IF., YL, p. 179, (Feb. 1881.) 



Numerous specimens, some having the crimson of the helly and 

 flanhs extending on to the under tail-coverts. 



A young bird which probably belongs to this species may be 

 thus described : ''All the plumage of the body and head dull brown 

 washed with brownish-red ; on the forehead, sides of the head, 

 throat, chest, back and upper tail-coverts the feathers are tipped 

 with brighter red ; tail and wings blackish-brown the outer webs 



