TYPE SPECHVIENS OF BIRDS 487 



Genus MYZOMELA Vigors and Horsfield 



Myzoniela rubralra saffordi Wetmore 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 30: 117, May 23, 1917. 

 =Myzomela cardinalis saffordi Wetmore. See Mayr, Birds of the South- 

 west Pacific, pp. 298, 299, 1945. 

 188868. Adult male. Guam Island, Marianas Islands, Oceania. June 7, 

 1900. Collected by Alvin Seale. Original number 1547. Received 

 from the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. 

 Myzoniela riibrata \^sic] dichromata Wetmore 



in Townsend and Wetmore, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63 (4) : 220, August 

 1919. 

 =MyzoTnela cardinalis dichromata Wetmore. See Mayr, Birds of the 



Southwest Pacific, pp. 298, 299, 1945. 

 212413. Adult male. Ponape, eastern Caroline Islands, Oceania. Feb. 

 11, 1900. Collected by Charles H. Townsend. Received from the U.S. 

 Fish Commission. 

 Myzomela nigriventris Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 150, "pi. xli, fig. 1," 

 1848. 

 =Myzomela cardinalis nigriventris Peale. See Mayr, Birds of the South- 

 west Pacific, p. 122, 1945. 

 14658. Adult male. Samoan Islands, Oceania. 1839. Original number 



429. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) . 

 Cassin's MS. list indicates that there were at least three cotypes of this 

 form, although I have found only Nos. 14658 and 14693 entered into the 

 museum register. No. 14693 represents either the cotype in the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology (where it is No. 75728), or the one in the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (where it is No. 18209), 

 Myzoniela chloroptera juga Riley 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 34: 56, Mar. 31, 1921. 

 256965. Adult male. Indrulaman, on Lompobatang (a mountain at lat. 

 5°2r S., long. 119°56' E.) , southern Celebes. October 1895. Collected 

 by Alfred H. Everett. Received from James H. Fleming (in whose 

 private collection it was No. 15292) . 

 Myzomela jiigularis Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 150, "pi. XLI, fig. 2," 

 1848. 

 14629. Immature male. Fiji Islands, Oceania. 1840. Original number 



428. U.S. Exploring Expedition ( 1838-1842 ) . 

 14640. Subadult male. Fiji Islands, Oceania. 1840. Original number 

 428. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) . 



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